This years Oscar’ staged “Water [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_(2005_film)] “, a film set in India, but an official nomination from Canada for the Best Foreign Film category. However, it didn’t win, despite the media hype surrounding it. And then there’s this less known short film…
> Your thinking creates your reality, that’s all there is between you and what happens to you. After reading the Rediff Oscar predictions [http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/feb/05picks.htm] for the Best Foreign Language Film I was tempted to watch Pan’s Labyrinth [http://www.imdb.…
Reuters report that [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2007-01-30T072036Z_01_HO025941_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml] 91% of the world is worried about global warming while only 42% of Americans rate it “very serious” and 14% of Americans have never even heard of it! Wonder what’s…
I’ve always believed that one should “strive, and the rest will follow”. Do your bit of thinking and hard-work, and leave the results to time (destiny). But, more than often it also leaves a non-aggresive notion in us, because we often wait for the right moment to strive for…
The Unfilmables: A List of the Hardest Novels to Film [http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/the-unfilmables-a-list-of-the-hardest-novels-to-film/]…
Media Convert [http://media-convert.com/convert/index.php] is a free online digital media convertor for over 150 file formats. Amazing stuff!…
I wrote about mobile short films [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2005/08/04/mobile-movies/] in brief last year. This year, the Nokia Shorts 2006 [http://www.nokiashorts.com/finalists/] competition (15 second mobile handset-shot films) has announced the finalists of the Handset category. The shorts are also now screening…
> If you speak my name, I vanish. What am I? Silence. Well I’ve been silent for sometime myself. Taking a break from blogging is a tough job, at times as tough as writing something meaningful. Thoughts fly wild in my mind but they need to be tamed. Been…