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| ashu |
Posted
on 27-Sep-00 01:26 PM
Hi Biswo-ji,
The movie we have for the First Day First
Show at the GAA Hall in Thamel this
Saturday is:
Ziang Yimou's "Red Sorghum" (1987). It's in Chinese with English subtitles.
It's in 16 MM. This way, the movie will be
up on a white-wall screen -- in a BIG way!!
Both Mahendra Man Shakya and I expect a
large turnout (up to 50 people) of GAA members, Martin Chautari friends, and other movie buffs who want to re-discover the magic, the romance, the passion, the thrill, and the excitement of watching some of the
best movies from around the world on a big wal-screen in Kathmandu!!
We at the Kathmandu Film Archives are especally grateful to:
film-journalist Mr. Anup Subedi and a long-time well-wisher Ms. Shizu Upadhyay for
providing the final push,
and to
World Cultural Net's Mr. Deepak Sarkar and Wavetex's Mr. Sudarson Karki for ALL
their logistical and technical help in getting this film ready for this Saturday.
Building up this institution called the
KFA is important. The primary challenge
is to attract first-rate Nepalis who can
run the show even better long after you
are gone!!
Thankfully, both the GAA and the Martin Chautari have people who are much smarter than I am, so I need not worry about the future.
With the primary challenge thus met, my
job now is to seek help from many, use the
team members' strengths to the maximum,
create conditions for people on the team
to be "mini-leaders" on their own, give credits to where they are due, and
keep on motivating all to strive for the common goal of getting and showing great movies regularly.
It's really that straighforward!!
When you think about this, the recipe for building up an institution is actually
quite simple and replicable!!
It just takes a little of time to all in place.
But then, hey, what aspect of life doesn't take time in life to fall in place?
Red Sorghum, indeed!!
oohi
ashu
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 27-Sep-00 06:44 PM
Ashuji, that's really a great movie. That
was the first movie that told me that romance
can have several faces.That romance is not
monopolized by the handsome boys and cute
girls in the beautiful clothes, that romance
occurs without singing songs and getting
excited. In the bucolic milieu, with ragtag
people, there can also exist raging passion,
that heart palpates everywhere, that love
exists everywhere. The theme of the movie
is subtly fabricated, the tempo streaks
through the nuances of life, stimulating all
the feelings we have from our understanding
of life and cumulates into a catharsis of
preexisting-but unused,unexplored - feelings
of our selves.
Enjoy the movie.You are doing great job,sir.
Biswo.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 27-Sep-00 10:04 PM
Biswo-ji wrote:
>Enjoy the movie.You are doing great job,sir.
Thank you for your take on the movie, and
for the compliments. Both this GBNC Web site
and starting the Movie Club have been
pleasant diversions for me from the all the serious Kamaiya work. Thanks again my
postings and for your comments.
BTW, is it OK if call you just Biswa? Biswa-ji souds too formal. My friends, by te way, just call me Ashu. You can too.
Happy Dassain to you and all who are reading this.
oohi
ashu
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 27-Sep-00 10:20 PM
Ashu:
If I had still been in Ascol, I would have
taken being called "ji" as great offense ,
from some nerd from what you have written
"Morang, Bayarban" in one of your previous
articles.
I'm not a great fan of ji.Either Dr Ashu,
or Professor Ashu, or Ashu::That has been
normal creed for me for calling somebody. You
surely belong to the third.I too.
Go ahead.Happy Dashain to you also.
Biswo.
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