Hollywood and its high school personnel ar deeply involved
concerning the technical perfection of their movies. Technical
perfection is that the major image of Hollywood movies. Even a hollywood
picture show that is discharged within the 40s or 50s have a technical
perfection that can not be seen even in today's screenland movies. Gone
With The Wind (1939), subject Kane (1941), metropolis (1942), the
massive Sleep (1946), Hen-Hur (1959), The Bridge On The stream Chinese
monetary unit (1957) etc. ar best
examples. the most reason why screenland movies don't seem to be thought
of for Oscar is that the lack of this preciseness and quality in
movies.
Hollywood movies ar created on a range of subjects -
action, phantasy, horror, comedy, drama, romance etc. This diversity in
theme makes the Hollywood movies distinct and well outlined. The
screenland movies ar confined to a restricted subjects. Third rate
romance and low-cost comedy ar the most subjects of today's most
screenland movies that is often crammed with variety of strident songs
and sizzling dances. Most of those songs and dances ar forever typical
and boring. Our team of film manufacturers forget that cinema is that
the most powerful media and it will influence individuals considerably.
Our screenland movies ar lacking a way of moral or social part. they are
doing not convey a replacement expertise or a message to the
individuals.
I happened to observe Associate in Nursing interview
on TV with a high screenland director. He says that he visited
Hollywood someday and met a number of the favored administrators there.
They asked him that it's a surprise that Indians ar creating films with
the assistance of a script solely. Our beloved screenland director with
pride aforesaid that he has created films even while not a script. i
used to be stunned why this man isn't mortified to inform such a factor
to them. The Hollywood administrators in utter feeling told him to send
one copy of such films. On coming to India our director sent a video
tape of 1 of his superhit movies to them. meaning a success picture show
in India does not necessary want a script. The Hollywood movies want
plenty of paper work before the film is shot.
The individuals
behind cinema ought to have a dedication in their work. The calibre of
our movies is that the results of lack of this dedication.
administrators like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Syam Benegal etc. ought to
be remembered here. They tried to form films with slightly of reality
and perfection.
Hollywood vs. Bollywood: An Interview With Filmmaker James KicklighterGrowing
up in California, I was raised with a substantial Hollywood influence,
but the Hollywood that was part of my development comprised of musicals
such as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Disney films filled with
song and dance. With Oscar season here, I've spent a lot of time
wondering whether Bollywood is gaining power compared to Hollywood.
Looking
at income generation, Bollywood sold a total of 3.6 billion tickets and
earned revenues of $1.3 billion, whereas Hollywood films sold 2.6
billion tickets, but generated revenues of $51 billion. The industries
vary greatly in what it costs to make a film, though the average
Bollywood film is budgeted at $1.3 million, Hollywood has an average
$13.6 million.
To gain a better understanding of Bollywood and
Hollywood from someone on the ground and in the industry, I spoke with
director of Desires of the Heart, James Kicklighter.
Does he
think Bollywood is becoming more powerful than Hollywood? Kicklighter
said that, “In the entertainment business, power pertains to money,” so
until Bollywood begins exporting more films that are successful in
markets outside of Asia, “it will not have the seat of power.”
Kicklighter
notes that as Hollywood explores partnerships with financing and
distribution deals, “it is clear that the market is important to
Hollywood.” Kicklighter sees the main barrier to Bollywood’s power is
not film output, but the accessibility to Western markets: “Bollywood
has a style that is uniquely its own. As the international market
becomes more important than the domestic market, I am curious to see how
this relationship evolves over the next few decades.”
While we
may be able to see singing and dancing in Hollywood films, Hollywood
still influences Bollywood. As Kicklighter said, “In emerging markets, I
believe that the Western lens is the most important.”
Is Slumdog
Millionaire a Bollywood film? As the New York Times wrote, "despite the
director’s strenuous denials, it could well be a Bollywood film." The
film uses the homegrown version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, an
American game show adapted for an Indian audience.
Kicklighter
discussed his experience traveling in Turkey last year, while
preparations were being made for an American version of ABC's Revenge.
American companies are going beyond selling U.S. TV shows abroad, “Now,
they are selling shows with pre-existing scripts to networks in local
countries, casting their own local favorite actors. To my knowledge,
other countries are not doing anything like that.”
Kicklighter’s
most recent film, Desires of the Heart explores facets of two cultures.
It is the story of Dr. Kris Sharma (portrayed by Val Lauren), a
psychiatrist from India practicing in Savannah, Ga., where he meets
Madeline (Alicia Minshew), a local artist with a mysterious past. But as
their relationship begins to blossom in America, Kris is summoned home
by his brother, Pradeep (Gulshan Grover) to marry the woman chosen by
his parents.
Kicklighter believes that as the world continues to
grow closer, it is the homogenization of culture that is the most
negative aspect of globalization.
During the course of shooting
part of the film in India, Kicklighter and his team were in Rajasthan,
in the province closest to Pakistan. As he recalls, “I remember seeing a
large poster of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's film Looper at the movie theater
right in front of the market. There were cows sitting in the road while
dust flew up from the stores. The building had its own local flavor,
designed like the other area buildings."
He saw this in stark
contrast to the megaplex in New Delhi, which was just like any other in
the U.S., next to "Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Hard Rock Cafe, Gucci,
among every other global brand you can imagine."
What may be more
pervasive are the retail malls which echo a global influence of
American power, and thus, as Kicklighter sees it, “the power of
Hollywood.” The question may not be one of Bollywood mimicking
Hollywood, but a global cinema usurping the local.
"I fear that
the days of the small, local theater in Rajasthan, even though they
carry American movies, are soon to be in the past."
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