induscrypt/movies

You shoot what's in your head rather than what's on paper (laughs). At that time, since we shot only four to five days a month, sometimes there was a gap of six months because there was no money. There was no compulsion to write a script. We had all the time in the world to shoot Pather Panchali. In fact, all of us, including my cameraman and other members of the crew, learnt film-making through the process of shooting it.

From the page: "The world.. it is a changing.

I alter his name of address on set - call him, Mr Ram Gopal Karan Varma, much to the amusement of the entire unit and to the great discomfort of RGKV himself. As it is his camera department is in shock. They have never had to deal with so many bright lights on a Ram Gopal Varma film. It has always been the dark and dingy and smoke infested mysterious atmospheres. Shadows lurking around and intrigue like a pungent body of air piercing the sparse and vacant drawing room.

His shot taking is rapid by normal standards, but he does dwell on moments in his film that he personally relishes. The marriage band and formalities are rushed through, as though they were a sore point in his personal existence. But the moment that is over he is back to close photography, interesting frame ups and silent dispositions. His forte is his ability to construct a moment in a film, out of nothing and fill it with sufficient intrigue to make it delightfully watchable.

Not before long, and expectedly, he disposes off the marriage atmosphere as though it were a plague and starts to spend quality time with Paresh Rawal and me for the intense moments to follow in the film.. "

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Amitabh Bachchan. Plasticine musings, maybe. (He has a funny way with words)

Goodness me! I think it was this version of Great Expectation I was so hooked to as a kid.
And the fugitive's pursuit scene came back rustling through weeds and silver water, as it did on a black and white TV.
Edit--The fact that I could have run into someone who was a part of something I so cherished gives goosebumps. But that's beside point. The site is arresting in its own right.

From the page: "The failure of "Delgo" to attract audiences reflects a glut of films in the crowded holiday corridor and highlights the challenges facing films made and marketed outside the Hollywood system....We sold to children, we forgot the moms"

Disturbia compared to Hitchcock's work.