7 Islands and a metro directed by Madhusree dutta videorecording

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New delhi Under construction c2006Edition: DVD video : EnglishDescription: 1 videodisc (100 min.) sd., col 4 3/4 in viewing copyOther title:
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Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43954 SE
Contents:
The multilingual bombay, the bombay of closed mills, of popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaughts, the metropolis of numerous ghettos, the EL Dorado. A tale of the city woven into a tapestry of fiction, cinema verite, art objects, found footage,sound installation and literary tests. The narrative is structurred around imaginary epistolatory bedates between ismat chugtai and sadat Hasan Manto over the art of chronicling these multi-layered overlapping cities. shot mainly during the monsoon, the film portrays some extremely beautiful yet ruthlessly violent features of Bombay which generally are not part of the popular narratives.
Awards:
  • Special jury award film in 2007
Summary: The multilingual bombay, the bombay of closed mills, of popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaughts, the metropolis of numerous ghettos, the EL Dorado. A tale of the city woven into a tapestry of fiction, cinema verite, art objects, found footage,sound installation and literary tests.
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Originally produced in 2006.

The multilingual bombay, the bombay of closed mills, of popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaughts, the metropolis of numerous ghettos, the EL Dorado. A tale of the city woven into a tapestry of fiction, cinema verite, art objects, found footage,sound installation and literary tests. The narrative is structurred around imaginary epistolatory bedates between ismat chugtai and sadat Hasan Manto over the art of chronicling these multi-layered overlapping cities. shot mainly during the monsoon, the film portrays some extremely beautiful yet ruthlessly violent features of Bombay which generally are not part of the popular narratives.

The multilingual bombay, the bombay of closed mills, of popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaughts, the metropolis of numerous ghettos, the EL Dorado. A tale of the city woven into a tapestry of fiction, cinema verite, art objects, found footage,sound installation and literary tests.

DVD ; Dolby digital surround sound.

English

Special jury award film in 2007

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