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quentin tarantino's death proof and maniac movies

over the years many film makers has attempted to portray heroes who hates women.they turn maniacs and a slew of murders follow.Charlie Chaplin the great too has tried his hands on this genre.(don't remember the name of the movie,but it stirred up an hornet's nest among the feminists and other women,and those who sympathise with women).IN INDIA KAMALHASSAN has played such a maniac in BHARATHIRAJAS SIGAPPU ROJAKKAL(RED ROSES)where kamal falls in love with many women and kills them.Another tamil movie of this genre is MANMADHAN by chilambarasan. AFTER WATCHING THE CLIMAX OF Quentin Tarantino'S DEATH PROOF I FELT HE IS TRYING TO SUBVERT THIS GENRE .THE FILM HAS A MANIAC HERO PLAYED BY KURT RUSSEL,WHO KILLS WOMEN BY LETTING THEM RUN OVER BY HIS CAR.BUT AT THE END OF THE MOVIE MUCH LIKE AN ANTI-CLIMAX HE GETS BEATEN UP BY A BAND OF YOUNG GIRLS.I THINK Q.T WAS UPSET WITH MANIAC MOVIES,HERE HE QUESTIONS ITS VALIDITY.

cinema paradiso

I ALWAYS CHERISH AMAZING CINEMATIC EXPERIENCES.THOSE DAYS I WAS DESPERATE TO SEE SOME MOVIES OF WORTH.ONE DAY RAKE INVITED ME HOME TO HAVE A LOOK AT HIS COLLECTION OF DVDS.IT WAS A HANDSOME PACK.AND I BORROWED IT FROM HIM,BUT BEFORE LEAVING HIS HOME RAKE INVITED ME TO SEE ONE MOVIE NAMED CINEMAPARADISO.HE SAID "ITS ONE AMONG THOSE RAREST MOVIES THAT YOU SHOULD WATCH BEFORE YOU DIE". I DECIDED TO ACCEPT HIS CHALLENGE.AND I WATCHED CINEMA PARADISO.AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE WATCHED IT AFTER THAT DAY!!!! (TO BE CONTINUED)

MOVIE SPOOFS.

i like movie spoofs. a movie which parodies another. a sort of comic alternative. subversion would be the word best suited for it.Hollywood can boast of a plethora of such movie spoofs with FATAL ATTRACTION, SCARY MOVIE SERIES,SUPER HERO MOVIE, DISASTER MOVIE, EPIC MOVIE,MEET THE SPARTANS THE LIST GOES ON.MOST OF THEM RIDICULE THE POPULAR BLOCK BUSTERS PRESENTING BEFORE US THE ILLOGICAL SITUATIONS IN THOSE MOVIES AND MAKE US TO LAUGH AT THEM. THOUGH IN HOLLYWOOD ITS AN USUAL PHENOMENON WE IN INDIA HAVE NOT YET SEEN A FULL FLEDGED MOVIE SPOOF.AND THIS YEAR TWO MOVIES SET THE TRAIL BLAZING.THEY ARE THE TAMIL MOVIES - TAMIL PADOM ,AND GOA .BOTH MOVIES CHOSE TO DERIDE THE STEREOTYPES IN TAMIL MOVIES-THE LARGER THAN LIFE OR GOD LIKE HERO,SONGS AND DANCE SEQUENCES,THE STUNT SEQUENCES,THE MELODRAMA AND ALL. THESE MOVIES SHOULD BE GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS AS TAMIL CINEMA HAS FINALLY OPTED FOR A SELF ANALYSIS.AND IT WOULD OPEN THE GATES FOR MORE FRUITFUL EXPERIMENTS