filmology

The movie's music's composer, Akira Ifukube, provides a filmology primer and discusses the difficulty of writing mustic for someone with strong ideas (Mahlerian ones at that) of what he wanted to hear.

Epinions Recent Content for Home 2008

Far from being the strong and powerful filmology that is the Apu Trilogy, a series of three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray about the life and struggles of a boy who learns to accept both the beauty and the tragedy of life, Slumdog Millionaire has all of the emotional depth of a puddle, using emotional manipulation and clichéd plot devices as the main way toward the convoluted and inevitable Hollywood conclusion that is success, happiness, and infinite riches.

2009 March 07 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

Far from being the strong and powerful filmology that is the Apu Trilogy, a series of three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray about the life and struggles of a boy who learns to accept both the beauty and the tragedy of life, Slumdog Millionaire has all of the emotional depth of a puddle, using emotional manipulation and clichéd plot devices as the main way toward the convoluted and inevitable Hollywood conclusion that is success, happiness, and infinite riches.

Film Review: Slumdog Millionaire « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009