#South Movie Songs

[matyas-ss]

Past lives (2023)

Direction: Celine Song

Cinematography: Shabier Kirchner

[fabuloustrash05]

Ran this poll a while back HERE and decided to run it again this time with more/different options (along w/ some previous winners)

[lostinmac]

The Host (2006)

Dir. Bong Joon-ho

[citizenscreen]

Walt Disney's SONG OF THE SOUTH premiered at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia #OnThisDay in 1946.

[deepestconnoisseurmoon]

Parasite (2019)

Dir. Bong Joon-ho

[rrcraft-and-lore]

Monkey Man and why I loved the heck out of it

At it's core, it's a Bollywood flick presented to the West with familiar nods to previous action films - I definitely picked up hints of Tony Jaa's influence on Asian action flicks throughout.

It's heavily focused on police corruption, something commented a lot about in India, and here, more importantly, Indian films. Just like America has its love affair with mobster flicks, Bollywood has a long history featuring films that showcase police corruption, sometimes tied into political extremism, fanatical or greedy religious leaders, and Monkey Man comments on all this as well and pays nods to that commonality. We've got televangelists and religious leaders in the states funnelling money, preaching prosperity gospel, and using it to influence politics and fund lavish lifestyles here.

Monkey Man shows this happening in India, and is filled with Indian culture and symbolism through out. The focus on Hanuman, the god and one worshiped by the strong, chaste, wrestlers, champions, and fighters. It's a common thing to have a household deity if you will. Some families might choose to focus worship on Ganesh, others Hanuman, some might do Mata Rani or Lakshmi. Here, it's the divine Vanara (monkey people race) - one of the Chiranjivi - immortals/forever-lived.

Hanuman. Themes of rebirth, common in South Asian history and mythology are present from Kid being a ringer, beat up fighter getting whooped for money to being reborn and facing his trauma through a ritual/meditate process that I don't want to get too much into to not spoil the movie. Post that, he begins his own self alchemy to really become the true Monkey Man. Nods to Ramayama, and an unapologetically Indian story featuring dialogues throughout in Hindi - don't worry, there are subtitles.

And of course a love for action flicks before it, all the way back to Bruce Lee. A beautiful use tbh of an autorickshaw (and you might know them as tuk-tuks in Thailand) which are popular in India with an added kick...I swear, that thing had to be modified with a hayabusa motor. Which is an actual thing people do - modding those dinky rickshaws with motorcycle engines, and considering they weigh nothing at all, they can REALLY FLY once you do that.

Monkey Man brings to the big screen other elements of India people might not know about, such as the gender non conforming and trans community that has a long history in India, presenting them as action stars as they go up against a system of corrupt elites oppressing part of the city, marginalized communities, and minority voices as depicted in the film. I'm not sure if people are going to get all of that without having the context, but I love that it does it without holding anyone's hands.

It's a fun action flick to see in the age of superhero films, and I say that as an obvious superhero/sff nerd. Also loved that Dev included a little bit about Hanuman's own story in the film, and the loss of his powers - almost mirrored by Kid's own loss of self/skills, strength until he confronts his trauma and is reborn, and in fact, remade (not necessarily the same). Also, the use of music was brilliant, including one scene with a tabla (the paired hand drums of south asia) - and Indian music is central to Indian stories.

This is a culture with evidence going back to the Paleolithic with cave murals showing art of Indian dance nearly 30,000 years ago. Yeah, that far back. As well as Mesolithic period art depicting musical instruments such as gongs, lyres, and more.

Indian music is some of the earliest we can find that has high developed beat and rhythm structures such as 5, 7, 9 and now the extremely common and known 4/4 and 3/4 - which so much of Western music is built upon. The foundations and experimentation of/in Jazz. John Coltrane and John Cage were heavily inspired by Indian music and incorporated a lot from it into their works. And Monkey Man blends Eastern and Western music through the narrative as comfortably as it does an Indian story in a very familiar Western accessible structure.

Dev did a wonderful job. And thanks to Jordan Peele for bringing it to screens.

[yen-sids-tournament]

Quotable Disney Round 1 Group 5 Poll 4/8

***Please vote on the content of the quote not the format of the picture***

Eugene Fitzherbert:

Tangled was my very first princess movie. Not in the literal sense--I was 11 by the time I first watched it, and I'd grown up on Barbie princess tales--but it was the first time I saw a movie and realized how magic storytelling could be. Preteen me could quote the songs by heart, but it was more than that for me. Something about the line delivery--dark, and then immediately using humor to subvert what otherwise sounds extremely tragic--just stuck with me. Tangled was one of the stories that got me into fanfic writing and launched me into fandoms as a whole, so it always has a place near and dear in my heart.

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"This is the story of how I died. Don't worry this is actually a fun story. And the truth is, it isn't even mine."

~Eugene Fitzherbert, Tangled (2010)

"What goes up is sure to come down, a penny lost is a penny found. How do you do? And a Howdy back. A little bit of this and a little bit of that."

~Animal Chorus, Splash Mountain (1992-)

Yen Sid Comment: Splash Mountain was opened in three parks (Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland) in 1992. All three rides included the song "How do you do?" but the Tokyo version was translated into Japanese. The music and theme idea originated from the animated aspects of the 1946 movie Song of the South. This song was written specifically for the ride. Currently only the Tokyo ride remains as Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom have remodeled the ride with a The Princess and the Frog theme.

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Past Lives Celine Song. 2023

Date 579-1 Makgye-dong, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea See in map

See in imdb

[antleredreality]

my life is a constant battle (trying to properly manage all of my interests at once)

[knightinink]

My Magnum Opus

x

ref1, ref2

[kaipanzero]

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

복수는 나의 것 (2002)

[inmyworldblr]

Aandhi (1975) | dir. Gulzar

[ Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen ]

[victim-of-subtraction]

guys hear me out

in the ninjago movie Lloyd lost his arm right (he gets it back but Shh)

I just think it would be epic if he had a prosthetic or something

that’s just me tho so

[desigrrrl]

Telugu lyrics - Em Sandeham Ledu #1

here’s my attempt at breaking down lyrics of amazing songs in a way that portrays the structure as well as the vocabulary. this one is just the opening, and the video is of just these lines as well (so you can hear the words). I’ll make more till I make complete ones of each song! any feedback is appreciated <3

Line 1:

ఏం సందెహం లేదు

em sandeham ledu

literal: what doubt not have

trans: there is no doubt

ఆ అందాల నప్పే

aa andala navve

literal: that beautiful smile/laugh only

trans: your beautiful smile

ఈ సందళ్ళ తెచ్చింది

ee sandallu techhindi

literal: these celebrations brought are

trans: brought this excitement

Line 2:

ఏం సందెహం లేదు

em sandeham ledu

literal: what doubt not have

trans: there is no doubt

ఆ కండేటి సిగ్గే

aa kandeti sigge

literal: that fleshy/reddish/proud shyness only

trans: your shyness

ఈ తొందర్లు ఇచ్చింది

ee tondarlu icchindi

literal: this fastness/distress gave

trans: is driving me towards you

Line 3:

ఏం సందెహం లేదు

em sandeham ledu

literal: what doubt not have

trans: there is no doubt

ఆ గంధాల గొంతే

aa gandhala gonte

literal: that healing(plant) throat only

trans: your sweet voice

ఆనందాలు పెంచింది

aanandalu penchindi

literal: happiness growed

trans: fills my heart with happiness

lyrics translated by lyrics raag and placed by me.

[thecoolersouthparkforeignkids]

(stealing my image u turd/j)

"Yeah."

"What? You can't punch orphans! What about Annie?"

"Oh for fecks sake, this again?"

*facepalms*

"Angie, Annie isn't real."

"But orphans are, and that's what it's like for them."

"...Okay..."