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lockdown film no. 37 - Slumdog Millionaire (2008) dir. Danny Boyle

23/05/2020

- I had seen this once before and it was an interesting experience because a) it was billed as a feel-good film and it Was Not at all until the last ten minutes and b) my dad really freaked me out by predicting what the last question was going to be. I lost my mind and he was very proud of himself

- the concept of this film is so good. Very easily put into a logline, really strong cinematography, great performance, aces

- also love that during production they decided to translate a third of the dialogue from English into hindi 

- salim’s character was very interesting. From being a kid and being horrible to all the other kids when they were staying with the terrible man and taking Jamal to sing for him — I wasn’t 100 % if he was going to let Jamal get blinded because he seemed pretty set on having a “successful” life. When he slung the acid at the man’s face I had hope for him but then he let go of Latika’s hand and my heart broke

- I hate how everyone was laughing at the host’s jokes like he’s really not that funny guys 

- PAPER PLANES

- while that songs an absolute banger there were some really tender moments between Jamal and Salim like where they were on top of the train with their hands linked

- and suddenly they’re old ! wacky shit

- it’s crazy how shoes hold so much currency

- “how did she die?” “a road traffic accident. maximum pileup.” “I thought she died in childbirth” “exactly, sir. she was on the way to hospital when it happened”

- doesnt feel great that Jamal saying “this is the real India” after getting beaten up by a police officer was very likely written by a white British person

- LOCH BIG BEN. NEXT TO SEAN CONNERY’S FLAT. I love him

- as I always seem to be, I was disappointed that they defaulted to Jamal and Latika being in a romantic relationship. Hayao Miyazaki said “I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live - if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.” I feel that this is astonishingly relevant to this film, and I wish they’d taken a bit more care and put more thought into Jamal and latika’s relationship because this fits far better with them than a romance, I think

- it was extremely stressful trying to get into the host’s psyche of whether or not he genuinely wanted to help Jamal in the cricket question. It quickly became clear he didn’t 

- the first time I watched this, I watched it with my dad. It was also his first time watching. It did, then, surprise me that well before the final quiz scene, he said “i know what the question’s going to be”. I said “what?” And he said “I do, I’m going to write it down and give it to you”. He wrote it on a slip of paper, folded it up and passed it to me, and I put it on the armrest on my side of the sofa. When the film finished, I opened up the slip of paper, and on it was written (it was literally written) “what is the name of the third musketeer? Answer: Aramis”. And when I tell you I lost my mind? I Lost My Mind. When I asked him how he knew it, he said “it was the only thing that had been established that they hadn’t come back to.” My dad, everyone. 

- the dance sequence at the end is great and all, but my absolute favourite part of it is where the youngest versions of Jamal and Latika were dancing together. That absolutely warmed my heart

- this is a good film, and im glad it got the recognition that it did, although it is worth noting that it’s not generally favoured in India, and one of the most well known filmmakers in India described it as  “very anti-Indian”. He said “All the bad elements of Bombay’s commercial cinema are put together and in a very slick way. And it underlines and endorses what the West thinks about us… And at every turn is fabricated. At every turn it is built on falsehood. I was ashamed to see it was being appreciated widely in the west”. It would be extremely dodgy for me, as a person who is not Indian — and even worse, white — to ignore the viewpoints of people who know a lot more than I do and come from the place where the film is set and just go “it’s a great film, so realistic blah”. It received awards in the West and did incredibly well at the Academy Awards, but who votes on that? A lot of white people who have an extremely skewed idea of what realistic portrayals of marginalised groups actually are

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