Blinded by the Light (2019)

📹 An ode to Bruce Springsteen.

Reflection 
"It is heavenly,
It is divine,
Heals wounds, Mends hearts,
No matter Who we are,
Or where we are from,
Touches us in different ways,
Acts as a shoulder,
Lifts us up,
Fills our soul,
Travels across boundaries,
And carries us all along."  PoeticWithHope

Movie Details
Blinded by the Light is a 2019 British comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha. It is inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen. Sarfraz Manzoor co-wrote the film script along with Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. It is based on Manzoor's memoir 'Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll'.
Name and Year: Blinded by the light and 2019

Producers: Jane Barclay, Gurinder Chadha and Jamal Daniel
Music: A. R. Rahman
Cinematographer: Ben Smithard
Editor: Justin Krish
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Movie Plot
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Movie Trailer

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Bruce Springsteen Delight
Song: Dancing in the Dark 

Song: Born to Run 

Song: The River

Post Sources
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blinded_by_the_Light_(2019_film_poster).png
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_by_the_Light_(2019_film)
Movie Plot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8266310/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/LlAGNDB1w7Y
Songs:
https://youtu.be/129kuDCQtHs   (Dancing in the Dark )
https://youtu.be/IxuThNgl3YA   (Born to Run )
https://youtu.be/lc6F47Z6PI4   (The River)


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Love is Blind (2019)

 📹 Is Love blind ? 

Reflection 
What is real ? What is not real ?
Can the nights be glorious ?
Can the days be dim ?
Some of us have eyes,
But, fail to see.
Some can only feel,
But, can clearly see.
is it that we don't wish to see ?
Or is it the way we see ?  #PoeticWithHope 

Movie Details 
Name and Year: Love is Blind (formerly titled 'Beautiful Darkness') and 2019
Directors: Monty Whitebloom and Andy Delaney
Producers: Alexis Alexanian, Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry
Screenplay: Jennifer Schuur
Cinematographer: Monty Whitbloom
Editor: Alex Kopit
Music: John Carbonara, Mick Gormaley and Linda Cohen
Country: United States
Language: English

Movie Plot 
A woman with selective perception, who cannot see her mother, is prescribed by her psychiatrist to spend time with a suicidal man that has fallen in love with her - but she cannot see either.

Movie Trailer

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Post Sources
Movie Poster: https://www.signature-entertainment.co.uk/film/love-is-blind/
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Blind_(2019_film)
Movie Plot: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4712086/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/Y5pg8EHIYKk


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You Are the Apple of My Eye/ 那些年，我们一起追的女孩/ Na Xie Nian, Wo Men Yi Qi Zhui De Nu Hai (2011)

🎥 What does it mean to love someone ?

Reflection 
Fell in love with the way the film is shot with such grace and simplicity.

It reminds me of the song 'How Deep is Your Love' by Bee Gees: 
"And you come to me on a summer breeze
 Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
 And it's me you need to show...
 How deep is your love
 how deep is your love
 I really need to learn
'Cause were living in a world of fools
 Breaking us down
 When they all should let us be
 We belong to you and me"

Movie Details 
You Are the Apple of My Eye, ("那些年，我們一起追的女孩" in Chinese means "Those Years, The Girl We Went After Together"), is a 2011 Taiwanese romance film. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel "Na Xie Nian, Wo Men Yi Qi Zhui De Nu Hai" by Taiwanese author Giddens Ko.
Director: Giddens Ko
Producers: Zhiping Chai and Adam Tsuci  
Writer/Screenplay: Giddens Ko 
Cinematographer: Yi-Hsien Chou
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin 

Movie Plot 
A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Jiayi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ke Jingteng, but he ends up loving her as well.

Movie Trailer

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Musical Memory

How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees (1977)

Post Sources 
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:You_Are_the_Apple_of_My_Eye_film_poster.jpg
Movie Details: http://asianwiki.com/You_Are_the_Apple_of_My_Eye
                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_the_Apple_of_My_Eye
Movie Plot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2036416/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/v5H6wE47FrI
Musical Memory (Song and Lyrics): https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc

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Raatchasi (2019)

“You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.” -- J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye) 

Reflection 
Highlights the problems that plague our education system and showcases how unwavering efforts can help bring joy in the life of the souls attached to the system. 

"Education is the movement from darkness to light."  --Allan Bloom

Movie Details 
'Raatchasi' (which means Demonness in English) is a 2019 Indian Tamil drama film.
Director: Sy. Gowthamraj
Producers:     S. R. Prakashbabu, S. R. Prabhu and Aravendraj Bhaskaran
Writer: Bharathi Thambi
Cinematography: Gokul Benoy
Editor: Philominraj   
Music: Sean Roldan
Production Company: Dream Warrior Pictures
Country: India
Language: Tamil  

Movie Plot
Story of a rural Government school headmistress, who saves the school from its decline and reforms the same by handling the hindrances from private school owners, Govt. officials, politicians and even her colleagues. 

Movie Trailer

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Soundtrack Lane

Nee En Nanbanae

Rekka Namakku 

Post Sources
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raatchasi_Poster.jpg
Movie Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raatchasi
Movie Plot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10431010/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/mC9e7ywzvnU
Soundtrack Lane: https://youtu.be/0KowwXsjPFs
                              https://youtu.be/K9-olvIfNnE


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Little Love Song/ 小さな恋のうた/ Chiisana Koi no Uta (2019)

Isn't every song a love song!! 

Reflection
I got a chance to attend the screening of 'Little Love Song', as part of the Japanese Film Festival(2019), organized by Japan Foundation in collaboration with PVR Cinemas in Delhi.

"Separation and grief;
Have unbreakable ties,
Lost in the aid of strings,
Love acknowledges no boundaries."  #PoeticWithHope

Movie Details
Name and Year: Little Love Song(English)/ 小さな恋のうた(Japanese)/ Chiisana Koi no Uta(Romaji) and 2019
Director: Kojiro Hashimoto
Producers: Akira Morii, Masaki Koide and Takeshi Yamashiro
Screenplay: Kenya Hirata
Music: MONGOL800
Cinematographer: Futa Takagi 
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

Movie Plot
Life in Okinawa has never looked sweeter for four high school students of a pop-rock band that sings catchy songs that evoke images of love and vibrant youth. All that changes when one evening a band member is tragically killed in a hit-and-run car accident.

Movie Trailer 

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Post Sources
Movie Poster: http://asianwiki.com/File:Little_Love_Song-p1.jpg
Movie Details: http://asianwiki.com/Little_Love_Song
Movie Plot: https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/little-love-song/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/FrN0yxLO13A


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My Dad is a Heel Wrestler/ パパはわるものチャンピオン/ Papa wa Warumono Champion (2018)

🎥 The man behind the Cockroach (Gokiburi) Mask!! 

Reflection 
I got a chance to attend the screening of 'My Dad is a Heel Wrestler', as part of the Japanese Film Festival(2019), organized by Japan Foundation in collaboration with PVR Cinemas in Delhi. The following questions came to my mind as I walked out of the movie theater with my friends:
What if sometimes we have to be rather act as the bad guy to get things done ?    
How can we judge others based on what he/she does for a living ?
What value does an hero have in the absence of a villain ?
How can we teach our kids the difference between playing a bad guy and being a bad guy ?

Movie Details
Inspired by the children’s book 'Papa no shigoto wa warumono desu' and 'Papa wa Warumono Chanpion' written by Masahiro Itabashi and illustrated by Hisanori Yoshida. 
Name and Year: My Dad is a Heel Wrestler(English)/ パパはわるものチャンピオン(Japanese)/ Papa wa Warumono Champion(Romaji) and 2018
Director: Kyohei Fujimura
Producer: Yusuke Wakabayashi 
Writers: Masahiro Itabashi & Hisanori Yoshida (picture book) and Kyohei Fujimura (screenplay)
Cinematographer: Hironori Yamasaki
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

Movie Plot
Pro wrestling champion Hiroshi Tanahashi makes his acting debut as the gentle giant dad to nine-year-old Shota, whose understanding of goodies versus baddies is challenged in the wrestling arena when he discovers his father is actually the despicable heel wrestler who wears the Gokiburi Mask.

Movie Trailer

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Post Sources
Movie Poster: http://asianwiki.com/File:My_Dad_is_a_Heel_Wrestler-p001.jpg
Movie Details: http://asianwiki.com/My_Dad_is_a_Heel_Wrestler
Movie Plot: https://japanesefilmfestival.net/film/my-dad-is-a-heel-wrestler/
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/QLUyWeidVcs


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Ode to Joy (2019)

Who doesn't want to be happy ?

Reflection 
When the majority of us are running after or are in search of happiness, there are a few souls on Earth, who are running away from joy or are in search of sadness in order to avoid triggering sudden muscular weakness, paralysis or postural collapse caused by emotions such as laughter, sorrow or terror. For Charlie, it is joy that causes him to fall apart within seconds, makes you wonder how delicate and simple life is.

Movie Details 
The film is based on a true story by Chris Higgins which originally aired on 'This American Life'.
Name and Year: Ode to Joy and 2019
Director: Jason Winer
Producers: Mike Falbo, Jason Winer, Michael Lasker, Jimmy Miller, Ira Glass, Alissa Shipp and Pamela Thur
Screenplay: Max Werner
Music: Jeremy Turner
Cinematographer: David Robert Jones 
Editor: Peter Teschner
Country: USA 
Language: English

Movie Plot 
Charlie (Martin) is a Brooklyn-based librarian in his forties suffering from cataplexy, causing him to faint whenever he experiences strong emotions, especially joy. Upon meeting the charming and free-spirited Francesca (Baccarin), Charlie falls in love but sets her up with his brother Cooper (Jake Lacy) instead because of his condition.

Movie Trailer

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Post Sources 
Movie Poster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ode_to_Joy_(2019)_Movie_Poster.jpg
Movie Plot and Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_to_Joy_(film)
Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/HIMO1IheTpA
 
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