This week, we have the pleasure to announce a movie proposed by our correspondent in India, super Elena. She writes:
The Mahābhārata, ”the great tale of the Bharata Dynasty”, is a 1989 film version of the Hindu epic, directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. It lasted all the night, beginning at the sunset, and finishing at dawn. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television (TV mini series). Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for theatrical and DVD release. The screenplay was the result of eight years work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the casting an international selection of actors was intentionally chosen, to show that the nature of the Hindu epic is the story of all humanity.In general terms, the story involves epic incidents between two warring families, the Pandavas (representing the good side) and the Kauravas (representing the bad side). Both sides, being the offspring of kings and gods, fight for dominion. They have been both advised by the god Krishna to live in harmony and abstain from the bloody lust for power. Yet their fights come to threaten the very order of the Universe. The plot is framed as a narrative between the Brahmin sage Vyasa and the Hindu deity Ganesha, and directed towards an unnamed Indian boy who comes to him inquiring about the story of the human race. In The Mahabharata the discussion of human goals (artha or wealth, kama or pleasure, dharma or duty/harmony, and moksha or liberation) takes place within a long-standing mythological tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.Peter Brooke is one of the most important contemporary european theater director.
In the cast, the great italian actor Vittorio Mezzogiorno plays the role of the main character, Arjuna.
see you!
more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%81bh%C4%81rata
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097810/
The Mahābhārata, ”the great tale of the Bharata Dynasty”, is a 1989 film version of the Hindu epic, directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. It lasted all the night, beginning at the sunset, and finishing at dawn. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television (TV mini series). Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for theatrical and DVD release. The screenplay was the result of eight years work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the casting an international selection of actors was intentionally chosen, to show that the nature of the Hindu epic is the story of all humanity.In general terms, the story involves epic incidents between two warring families, the Pandavas (representing the good side) and the Kauravas (representing the bad side). Both sides, being the offspring of kings and gods, fight for dominion. They have been both advised by the god Krishna to live in harmony and abstain from the bloody lust for power. Yet their fights come to threaten the very order of the Universe. The plot is framed as a narrative between the Brahmin sage Vyasa and the Hindu deity Ganesha, and directed towards an unnamed Indian boy who comes to him inquiring about the story of the human race. In The Mahabharata the discussion of human goals (artha or wealth, kama or pleasure, dharma or duty/harmony, and moksha or liberation) takes place within a long-standing mythological tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.Peter Brooke is one of the most important contemporary european theater director.
In the cast, the great italian actor Vittorio Mezzogiorno plays the role of the main character, Arjuna.
see you!
more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%81bh%C4%81rata
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097810/
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