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MichiganVote

(21,086 posts) Sat Jun 29, 2013, 09:10 PM Jun 2013

Watched the movie, "Water". Very good imo.

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Watched the movie, "Water". Very good imo. (Original Post) MichiganVote Jun 2013 OP

Do you mean the Deepa Metha film? Silver Gaia Jun 2013 #1

Yes. Once upon a time I had a prof from India. She would have been from a MichiganVote Jun 2013 #2

Fire and Earth are also worth watching. suffragette Jul 2013 #3

Silver Gaia

(4,544 posts)

1. Do you mean the Deepa Metha film?

Reply to MichiganVote (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2013, 07:36 AM

Jun 2013

If so, yes, that film is awesome! I first saw it in a film class and now I own it. It was very controversial in India, BTW.

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)

2. Yes. Once upon a time I had a prof from India. She would have been from a

Reply to Silver Gaia (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 30, 2013, 02:00 PM

Jun 2013

middle to upper middle class family whatever that translates into via the cultural tiers. She could never quite grasp that her US students found her culture repugnant. But then, many of the US students failed to grasp the economics of everyday Indian life.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)

3. Fire and Earth are also worth watching.

Reply to MichiganVote (Original post)

Tue Jul 2, 2013, 02:21 AM

Jul 2013

And Water is a mesmerizing film.
Did you listen to Mehta's audio commentary?

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