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[Russian Reviews] Тарас Бульба (Taras Bulba)

29 November 2009 4:01 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

There is no need to bother Leni Riefenstahl and her Triumph des Willens to demonstrate how powerful propaganda can often be, but it's exactly in cases like hers that you often wonder what her legacy would have been, if ridden of all the political ramifications of (some of) her works. That is one of the reasons why today's Mainland Cinema is so vibrant and interesting, even in its most quintessential main melody form: we're often dealing with pretty obvious pieces of cinematic propaganda, works funded by the government and whose foremost purpose is to drive the masses into supporting a certain creed or philosophy. But for every insipid turd like 建国大业 (The Founding of a Republic), you get plenty of eclectic variations on this melody, works which do fulfill their "quota" of bleeding-heart national sentimentalism, but also manage to focus a large portion of their makers' efforts in building a cohesive, »

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Salman's Dreams Come True with Veer

26 November 2009 10:43 AM, PST | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »

Salman Khan's dream project, Veer is an epic romantic film set in 1875 and is set to hit the big screen on January 22 2010. It is being described as the actors "dream film" "I have lived with Veer for 20 years. It can be called my most awaited film till date. I had written the story of my dream project when I was shooting for the film, Baaghi in 1990," Salman wrote on his blog.

Salman was inspired by Taras Bulba, a Russian novel and has added other elements of war and father-son relationship to create Veer. The film, which is creating a lot of hype prior to its release, tells the story about the bravery of a Pindari solder and speaks of bravery and the courage of Indians trying to fight for justice and independence.

The film will feature Salman as an Indian Gladiator performing state of the art fight scenes. Apparently »

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Kritzerland releases Franz Waxman classic

23 September 2009 8:37 AM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »

Franz Waxman’s score for the J. Lee Thompson 1962 adventure Taras Bulba, which features one of the composer’s best known compositions (”The Ride to Dubno”), is being released on a limited CD edition of 1,000 copies by Kritzerland. Just like Intrada’s similarly sized edition of the rejected score from The China Syndrome by Michael Small, Taras Bulba has already sold out despited the fact that it won’t ship until the ... »

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Rare Movie Alert! James Bond Alumni In "Triple Cross" On TCM Tomorrow

25 August 2009 9:49 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Turner Classic Movies (North America) is presenting a full day of Yul Brynner films tomorrow. Among them is the rarely-seen 1967 WWII spy thriller Triple Cross that pairs Brynner with a stellar cast including Christopher Plummer and Trevor Howard. The film is directed by Terence Young, who helmed the early James Bond classics and, intriguingly, the movie features three prominent Bond cast members: Thunderball leading lady Claudine Auger, Dr. No baddie Anthony Dawson and Goldfinger himself, Gert Frobe. The film has never been released on video in the USA. It airs at 3:30 Pm (Est) Incidentally, keep your video recorders in high gear because other Brynner gems showing throughout the day include Taras Bulba, Adios Sabata, The Magnificent Seven, The King and I, Kings of the Sun and Westworld. »

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Salman Khan's Literary Epic

5 July 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »

It looks like Salman Khan's finally going to get the chance to show his full acting credentials in the epic Veer, which it transpires is based on Gogol's classic Taras Bulba. "Veer has all the swashbuckling elements that Salman enjoys watching in a film and he is sure that the audience enjoys it too,£ said a source for the movie, "He discussed the idea with his director-friends and eventually asked Anil Sharma to make Taras Bulba into a Hindi film with Mithun Chakraborty as the patriarch and Salman and Sohail Khan as his two brave sons."

Gogol's book tells the story of a 16th century Cossack warlord in the Ukraine, whose two educated sons rejoin him in the east and they set out to defeat their Polish masters. One of the sons has a warrior spirit like his father but the other is more sensitive and has fallen in »

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Salman's literary affair - News

3 July 2009 11:59 PM, PDT | GlamSham | See recent GlamSham news »

He might be dubbed as the Bollywood hunk who's ready to flex his muscles at the drop of a hat. But, it seems Salman Khan has another hidden talent which many may not be aware of. It's learnt that Salman Khan is a voracious reader and loves to flip through world literature. It was during such a literary sojourn that he discovered the inspiration for his upcoming film Veer. When Salman discovered the book Taras Bulba written by the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, he instantly go... »

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6 articles from 2009

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