The Most Amazing Animated Film You'll Never See

[choie]

Oh, I think for an eleven-year-old it should be fine. There is a mention of rape, however, relating to the Sita myth (she's kidnapped and the commentors mention that her captor doesn't rape her) but if she's read any Greek or Roman myths about Zeus and his various targets, it's nothing worse than that. Some violence but again, nothing she wouldn't have seen by now in either cartoons or movies unless she's been living in a cloister.

[jackdavinci]

Originally Posted by commasense

jackdavinci: please watch it on something larger than your iPod. It really deserves as large a screen as you can manage.

Yeah I wanted to put it on my ipod so I could connect it to my tv. I tend to not like playing video on my computer both because if I have a lot of things open it doesn't play well, and because it's just not that comfortable.

Originally Posted by gaffa

The 3 in the column labeled "h.264 MPEG4" are all iPod compatible and should be able to import into your iTunes and copy to your iPod with no conversion. The different sizes will work on different iPods. Get the small if you have a Nano, the large if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Thanks, I'll try that out.

[chique]

Originally Posted by choie

Some violence but again, nothing she wouldn't have seen by now in either cartoons or movies....

Or the Batman tv series!

POW!

BAM!

I literally laughed out loud at that bit.

[MovieMogul]

Just noticed that SStB will be showing theatrically in San Francisco from May 8-12 at the Red Vic in the Haight.

[PlainJain]

OK, I'll ask, what's wrong with silly talking animals?

[Eutychus]

Originally Posted by PlainJain

OK, I'll ask, what's wrong with silly talking animals?

Absolutely nothing, in this context.

[Clark K]

Just saw it at the Roger Ebert Film Festival. Excellent! I've been dying to see it ever since I read Ebert's review and if it wasn't quite as soul-shaking as he described, it was still fun and thought-provoking and original.

I loved the varying styles of animation for the different, intertwining parts of the story. The three commenters were hugely amusing. The Indian music was wonderful -- better than the Henshaw songs, I think.

I know nothing about Rama or the Ramayana, so I was surprised to learn in the discussion after the showing that Paley's movie is controversial in India because of its irreverent approach to a religious figure. I gather it's not that different from doing an animated musical version of Jesus' life told from the point of view of Mary Magdelene.

[MovieMogul]

Going to see it tonight--it's got 2 days left here in SF.

[Sunspace]

Just stumbled across this thread, watched the first segment and into the second, and am downloading it. Looks interesting!

[Invisible Chimp]

Bump. "Sita Sings the Blues" is now available on DVD and Netflix. So, a lot more people are gonna see this.

[MovieMogul]

It will also be returning to the Red Vic in San Francisco next weekend (8/21-24).

[carnivorousplant]

I saw it on Link TV last night.
An animated tale of the Ramayan by Nina Paley. It includes the story of Paley's break up with her husband, has shadow puppets as the chorus and musical numbers by the 1920's Jazz singer Annette Hanshaw.


If you have more bandwidth than God, you can download it here.


One of my favorite scenes must be spoiler boxed:

SPOILER:

Sita sings "Who's That Knockin at My Door" while Rama and the monkey army come to her rescue, and demon body parts are thrown against the wall like snowballs.

[MovieMogul]

Previous thread and a truly marvelous movie, which I was lucky enough to see on the big screen.

I think it may be available on DVd now, too...

[carnivorousplant]

Thanks, ArchiveGuy.

[carnivorousplant]

I saw it this weekend on Link TV.

My favorite scene should probably be in a spoiler box:

SPOILER:

As Rama and the monkey army comes to her rescue, Sita sings, "Who's that Knocking at My Door?" and demon body parts slam into the wall before her like snowballs as they are hacked to pieces.

[Yookeroo]

Originally Posted by ArchiveGuy

Previous thread and a truly marvelous movie, which I was lucky enough to see on the big screen.

I think it may be available on DVd now, too...

It is. Netflix has it. Neat movie.

[twickster]

Mod note: new thread merged into previous thread.

[Oy!]

Thanks, Eutychus, I enjoyed that very much. It reminded me of The Triplets of Belleville, but played even more games with the animation.

[Hail Ants]

Along the lines with Plague Dogs is an obligatory mention of the Valse Triste segment from Allegro Non Troppo. The film as a whole has its ups & downs but this section is devastating. You can find it on YouTube (if you dare...)

[Oy!]

Oh, shit, Ants! I hadn't seen that movie in thirty years, and had completely forgotten that segment. Way to make a Doper cry!