September 16, 2002

10:48 AM

Mr. Blonde, Mr. Pink, Mr. White, Mr. Brown, Mr. Orange, Mr. Brinjal.
posted by donkeysuck (17 comments total)

i was going to post a joke about the filmmakers' having found a steve buscemi lookalike, when i came upon this company - an agency which specializes in them!
posted by adamms222 at 10:55 AM on September 16, 2002

"A Hindu fundamentalist group...threatened to release venomous snakes into any cinema that tried to show it."

Oh, sure. Where were they when we needed them?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:01 AM on September 16, 2002

I am soooo going to be downloading unauthorized rips of this movie next week (maybe they're available on p2p networks right now). Sounds like a hoot, though I wonder what Hollywood will do about these derivative works, maybe introduce a bill banning all derivatives of anything ever created in Hollywood?
posted by mathowie at 11:02 AM on September 16, 2002

"I wonder what Hollywood will do about these derivative works..."

Clearly, release venomous snakes into any cinema that tried to show it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:09 AM on September 16, 2002

"I wonder what Hollywood will do about these derivative works..."

Reservoir Dogs was potentially the most derivative movie ever made. I can't wait to see Tarantino try and hold his ground on this.
posted by machaus at 11:16 AM on September 16, 2002

I like how they mentioned that the release of venomous snakes was protested by animal rights activists. Like, um, where are the anti-getting bitten by poisonous snakes activists?
posted by transient at 11:19 AM on September 16, 2002

Personally, I think the soda company that got its ad in should put out a special Reservoir Dogs/Kaante flavor to boost sales...

Ears Off! -- Slice into the flavor.
posted by tittergrrl at 11:22 AM on September 16, 2002

All I can say is, OMFG OMFG OMFG!!! I'm with mathowie on this one. This should make for a hilarious drinking game -- the type where half the booze ends up in the stomach and the other half is squirted out the nose.
posted by freakystyley at 11:22 AM on September 16, 2002

I don't know if any of you guys have seen Bollywood movies, but a good rule for a drinking game would be that you have to drink everytime some girl dances in the trees to tease a male pursuer.
posted by Raichle at 11:35 AM on September 16, 2002

The biggest hit of the year in India has been Raaz, or The Revelation, which is a reworking of the supernatural thriller What Lies Beneath.

Eesh. I can't believe someone remade this. And that it was a hit! Goodness, that movie was dreadful. Poo, even.
posted by dobbs at 12:27 PM on September 16, 2002

Raichle: ...everytime some girl dances in the trees to tease a male pursuer.

Now I really must stock up on Bollywood movies. Dances in the trees. LOL!
posted by freakystyley at 1:02 PM on September 16, 2002

I never saw What Lies Beneath, but I bet it's a lot better with musical numbers.
posted by padraigin at 1:06 PM on September 16, 2002

Someone please explain this to me:
From Article: The $9-million Cdn production was shot without Tarantino's knowledge
From IMDB: Business Data for Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Budget $1.2m

So why is a cornball Bollywood film musical 5 times more expensive to make than the original Hollywood flick, indie or no? Can't be the labor costs, or unions...
posted by hincandenza at 2:17 PM on September 16, 2002

I'm just pissed the crummy little bastard had to go an release five different versions of the DVD. What a total shit. Who does he think he is, Marvel, DC, or Image w/ their variant covers of comic books.

All the studios are doing this now. DVD special editions and the regular edition! Suck some more ass Hollywood.

It's all about the $$$$.
posted by kileregreen at 2:38 PM on September 16, 2002

So why is a cornball Bollywood film musical 5 times more expensive to make than the original Hollywood flick, indie or no? Can't be the labor costs, or unions...

Well, first of all, that was $9 million Canadian, which is not a straight-across trade at the best of exchange rates. Second of all, Reservoir Dogs cost 1.2 million when it was made a decade ago. Surely there is some inflation afoot.

Not to mention costumes, choreographers, musicians...
posted by padraigin at 3:03 PM on September 16, 2002

Eesh. I can't believe someone remade this. And that it was a hit!

Couple years back, Bollywood's biggest runaway blockbuster smash hit was a flick called Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which the director described as his attempt to cross Beverly Hills 90210 and Archie comics. Only set in an elite Bombay college. And featuring several massive song-and-dance set pieces. And a romance in the hills. And it was 3.5 hours long. I thought it was very good - by comparison to other, more formulaic, more traditional Bollywood films.

Which is to say: Bollywood's got its own logic. Better not to try to understand it.
posted by gompa at 5:16 PM on September 16, 2002

Here's the official Kaante film site (Flash), and here's a review of the soundtrack. On a couple of related notes, this interesting article about "Filmi" Indian film soundtrack mixes offers recommendations, and at the Victoria & Albert Museum, a current exhibition of Bollywood poster art.
posted by taz at 2:49 AM on September 17, 2002