Watching many of the major films from Bollywood history, one trend that stands out is the way that the films show a great respect for traditional values while at the same time providing progressive challenges to those values, ultimately earning the support from the keepers of the traditional values. Deepa Mehta, an Indian-Canadian director, takes a much harsher eye to Indian traditions in her most notable films. While she often makes films that, in location or culture, are distinctly Indian, the Western influences are evident. It is likely for this reason that her films have often faced protest and censorship in India.
After a few hard to find films and some work in television, Mehta broke through in 1994 with Camilla, one of the three features directed by Mehta that doesn’t engage with Indian culture. The main focus is on the friendship that develops between a young woman (Bridget Fonda...
After a few hard to find films and some work in television, Mehta broke through in 1994 with Camilla, one of the three features directed by Mehta that doesn’t engage with Indian culture. The main focus is on the friendship that develops between a young woman (Bridget Fonda...
- 4/19/2012
- by Erik Bondurant
- SoundOnSight
Veteran actor Al Pacino is set to portray the lead in "Masterpiece," a film by Deepa Mehta about renowned French artist Henri Matisse, often regarded as one of the greatest 20th century pioneers in painting and sculpture. The story is based on actual events in Matisse's life and will follow the artist's relationship with Monique Bourgeois who was also the painter's model and muse. The project will mark a major step for helmer Mehta--best known for her Elements trilogy: "Fire," "Earth" and "Water"--whose last great venture in Hollywood was an adaptation of Carol Shields' "The Republic Of Love" starring Bruce…...
- 2/14/2011
- The Playlist
TORONTO -- Thom Fitzgerald's The Event, which stars Parker Posey and Sarah Polley, has been set to open the 23rd Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Sept. 12, it was announced Wednesday. Fitzgerald's AIDS-themed drama, which also stars Olympia Dukakis and Jane Leeves, originally bowed at Sundance. Closing the festival Sept. 20 will be Denys Arcand's Cannes entry The Barbarian Invasions, which will open the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 4. The Atlantic festival lineup also includes Deepa Mehta's The Republic of Love, Sudz Sutherland's Love Sex and Eating the Bones and Alanis Obomsawin's Our Nationhood. The festival, which runs Sept. 12-20, will also screen 10 French films, among them Dominique Cabrera's A Wonderful Spell, Ben Levine's Reveil and Bernard Emond's 20h17 rue Darling, which bowed in Cannes.
- 8/28/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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