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A scene from "Maqbool"The Art of Bollywood
Worldwide, India’s Bollywood film industry may be just about as famous as Hollywood’s. Filmmakers Shashanka Ghosh and Vishal Bharadwaj and Cinema India! director Radha Welt Vasal are in the studio today to talk about the changing face of Indian cinema. Then Grace Schulman discusses the life and work of American poet Marianne Moore. Ms. Schulman, a poet herself, is the editor of a new comprehensive volume of Moore’s poems. And actress Tilda Swinton on her role in the new film "Young Adam."
Shashanka Ghosh, Radha Welt Vatsal and Vishal Bharadwaj
Cinema India! is at the American Museum of the Moving Image, and features a six-film showcase of the best of Bollywood. Radha Welt Vasal is the director of the Cinema India! program, and joining her are the directors of two of the featured films, Shashanka Ghosh ("Anything Can Happen")and Vishal Bharadwaj ("Maqbool").
» Visit the AMMI's website for more information about the films
» Cinema India! website
» More on "Maqbool"
Music: Kandukondain Kandukondain" from soundtrack of "I Have Found It" by AR Rahman
Grace Schulman
Grace Schulman is the editor of The Poems of Marianne Moore. She’s also the poetry editor of the Nation magazine. Marianne Moore (1887-1972) is now considered one of the major modern American poets.
» More about Grace Schulman
» More about Moore
Events: There's a tribute to Marianne Moore at the 92nd Street Y on Monday, April 19 at 8 pm, with readings of Moore's work by poets Bonnie Costello, James Fenton, Eric Ormsby, Kay Ryan,
Grace Schulman, and Cynthia Zarin.
Tickets are $16. For
tickets/reservations, go to www.92Y.org or call 212-415- 5500.
Music: sountrack from "The Hours" by Philip Glass (#2/6)
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton co-stars with Ewan MacGregor in "Young Adam,", directed by David Mackenzie. She plays Ella, the wife of a barge owner in Scotland. Swinton’s earlier films include "Adaptation," "Vanilla Sky," and "The Deep End."
» Visit the film's website
Music: soundtrack, Blink (#4/2)
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