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Useful Links: Bollywood http://www.bollywhat.com/ : Amusing Guide to Bollywood http://www.jump-cut.de/bollywood101.html: : Theoretical Essays Indian History Sourcebook http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/timeline/timeline.htm : Historical Timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ India : Historical Overview http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html : Resources on Indian History Arranged Marriages http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Arr.html : Overview of Indian marriage customs http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Marriage_knots_Live-in_or_give_in/articleshow/msid-867417,curpg-1.cms : Modern views http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dynpagename=article&node=&contentId=A32226- 2003Feb19&notFound=true Experiences of young American-Indians www.pemberley.com : The go-to-place for all things Austen www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pptopic2.html#protofem3: Marriage in Regency times Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kino - Gilde dt. Filmkunsttheater e.V. | Rosenthaler Str. 34/35 | 10178 Berlin Booklet by Hendrike Bake, Diana Kapke, Britta C. Wilmsmeier, October 2007
worksheet Bride and Prejudice Before you view the film: Have a closer look at the title. What do you associate with the title Have you seen a Bollywood film yet What do you expect this film to be like Review Bollywood meets Hollywood… Is it a perfect match Opinions about this movie vary from very positive to harsh criticism, as you can see in the following excerpts: A complex adult novel has been used as the pretext for a low-octane and glassy-eyed Bollywood romp, at a shorter length than usual and without balancing the romcom jollity with any of the genre‘s usual heartfelt and ingenuous moments of seriousness. It‘s apparently based on the single insight that arranged marriages are very much the order of the day for young people in south Asia and emigrant communities in America and the UK - which is sort of like Jane Austen, right (Bradshaw, Peter. 2004. ”Bride and Prejudice.” The Guardian, October 8.) At under two hours, the movie is easily less than half the length of a true Bollywood production. The acting is broad, the dance numbers are hybridized, and the musical numbers are tricked out with such disposable lyrics as ‚‘I just wanna man who gives some back/Who talks to me and not my rack.‘‘ Yet rather than detracting, the phosphorescent artificial fibers of the material shape up into their own optimistic whole cloth. Before her hit Beckham (where she overshot her multiculti goal with all that heavy-footed girls-and-sports politicking), Chadha tried but couldn‘t quite shape her passion for ethnic mélange into a satisfying experience in the unwieldy 2000 comedy What‘s Cooking With the Bollywood language of Bride & Prejudice, the filmmaker has devised a delightful interpretation of Austen‘s wise observation: ‚‘For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn‘‘ (Schwarzbaum, Lisa. 2005. ”Bride and Prejudice.” Entertainment Weekly, Feburary 09.) • Compare both reviews. • Which one do you like better What does a good film review need • Make a list of things that you like and dislike about the movie. Write your own film review. Adaptation Topics • In Germany, the title of the film became Liebe lieber Indisch. Why do you think they didn’t choose a title similar to the German book title of Pride and Prejudice: Stolz und Vorurteil • If you think of a film adaptation you know, e.g. Harry Potter, do you expect an exact “translation” of the literary script into film • Film is said to have its own language. What do you think is meant by this How are literary devices translated into film Can you think of any examples • Choose one of the books you have read in class and think about a film adaptation. How would you realise this film Make a list of important aspects such as time, location, and genre. Write a one-page draft of your film idea. • List the different couples in the film. What do they expect from their relationships Why • There are several examples of very romantic ideas vs. a more practical approach to love and/or marriage. Which idea do you agree with Are you a romantic or a realist • Take a look at the most popular Indian dating website www.shaadi.com, part of what Lalita calls the international global dating service. Look at some examples of personal adds. What are women and what are men looking for Compare this with your own expectations for a relationship or marriage. What are the differences Write your own personal add, describing who you are and who you are looking for. • At the beginning of the film William Darcy is very sceptical about a cross-cultural relationship: „Listen, Balraj, if you really wanna get married, hook up with an Indian girl from England, or even America. You‘d have something in common.“ Do you agree with him List the reasons why you agree or disagree with him. • Who do you think has the better arguments in the discussion between Lalita and Darcy about India vs. the West For example, would Darcy building the hotel really turn the area into a ”theme-park India” And would it matter if it created jobs
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