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It cannot be denied that haasar has inspiried scenes in his movies, known or unknown. But he as a film maker has come up with so many countless original gems. So this news item kind of comes as a slap on face on those who deny and criticize kamal without agreeing his original contributions and blindly saying that he is a "sophisticatedly" inspired guy, who take lot of things from hollywood. Especially ppl like KarunthEL kannaayiram
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:bow:Hail the king of kings! :notworthy:
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Wow!!! Great ya...:clap: :bow:
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It's hardly an original idea though, is it? But from my own experience of films, it's the one to use it potently. Even the much acclaimed NBK that was rewritten from Tarantino's original draft had Stone and co. using animated sequences of 'superhero' cartoon and exaggerated violence. I know for a fact that QT dislikes and disowns NBK, and heard he hasn't sat through that film fully. And I'm pretty sure the animated bits weren't in his draft. I'd have no difficulty buying his own admittance of getting that idea from Alavandhaan/Abhay. Although this isn't really that influential, it's still heartening to know..
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k-g, there is already an example haasar himself had said -> SippikkuL Muthu was the inpsiration for some hollywood film (forgot name) but now this one is a rare, unexpected, validated one. I remember our hub ppl saying this (abhay to KillBill) in this very forum. Its very heartening to know that now the director himself validated this. Namma ooru vayaadi critics vaayai mooda ithu romba helpful aa irukkum.
Also, though, this news item mostly may not be very helpful for Haasar's resume in hollywood, we will still talks like that, here :lol: again, only to those critics, poli-pandithargaL. Time to rise collar :D
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Agree SKV, when KB was released, I remember saying this to my friends only to be ridiculed. Nice vindication.
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leaving aside Tarantino's comment, Aalavanthaan did/does have its very original moments.
1. the macdonalds guy conversing with nandhu in his dream "mani enna aachhu ?" and the response "maniKKU enna aachhu" - cud mean anything - me-thinks: Nandhu's drug-induced state of mind = timelessness !
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZrp75KAuJc
watch from 1:46:17 onwards - at 1:46:29 Nandhu enters the bedroom of his childhood home and looks at the 'phantom cartoon' painting on the wall and immediately salutes it - its a very very brief gesture by nandhu but tells volumes of how is mind is all f*cked up and a part of cannot get out of its childhood memories! subtle and brilliant!
3. watch from 1:03:11 - at 1:04:09,
Nandhu getting the ecstasy/hallucinogen sniff and the snake tattoo on his shoulder muscle wriggles - my doctor friend in bangalore later told me that its a well-established fact in drug effects-related pharmacology: hallucinogens like LSD / ecstasy when taken as an injection, gives one the feeling of 'a snake wriggling' under the skin! so not only had Kamal did some background research, but used it in a very aesthetic way integrating it into the screenplay!
http://www.hanleycenter.org/programs...drug-facts.htm
btw, music by SEL was just so-so! imagine what IR wud have done for this film - a separate theme for Vijay, Nandhu, their parents, the second wife of their father and Raveena and a main theme as well !
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Equally important, another point to note is, all these days, Kamal Haasan was/is being watched silently by some Hollyowood/International bigwigs!
Movies like Aalavanthan which failed commercially, are getting re-deemed becos of things like this!
Is Malai-Eli Dhaanu noting these things?!
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skv - perhaps you can email/PM me - what exactly happened between Kamal and Dhanu ?
tomorrow if and when kamal becomes not just noticed but recognized by hollywood fraternity, every kuppan, suppan will try to rub shoulders with him as well as take credit for his earlier movies successes!
