Movie Review

China Blue:
An interesting overview of the communist democracy in china. This movie very well paints out the consequences of capitalism in a country, whose ideals still have roots in communism. This movie also makes us realize how the other half live. The ugly truth behind the glorious façade of china’s growth has been portrayed very well in this movie.Sequence that touched my heart:There were lots of scenes in the movie that touched my heart. There was however this closing scene of the movie that really said it all for me. Jasmine, one of the main characters of the movie writes this letter to the person who is going to buy the jeans that was made in her factory. The letter encompassed all the emotions and hard work that went into making that jeans.

Inmigrate:
Touchy issues like racism and illegal immigration have been dealt with in this movie, in a very unbiased and fair way by showing us both the sides of a coin. Story of the movie revolves around an illegal immigrant Eusebio and how he was killed. More than 60% of laborers in US today are illegal migrants, mostly from Mexico. This movie shows us the reason for such migration and the consequences as well.Sequence that touched my heart:The scene that really touched my heart was the one where the mother is showing us the relics of Eusebio’s childhood.

War And Peace:
Anand Patwardhan’s movie ‘War And Peace’ portrays people from different walks of life with different backgrounds and learning’s, talking about their perceptions and experiences about war and peace. To many people it might seem as a movie about Pokhran and the nuclear testing done by India. Yes, it does talk about it. But somewhere it goes beyond that. Beyond the agenda and propaganda of political parties. Beyond the ignorance of the common man. Beyond the selfish scientists who wants glory for making weapons of mass destruction. Who forgets that when they are receiving prestigious awards from politicians, someone is dying because he was exposed to radioactive rays. Beyond the way religion and politics are used to create fear amongst the masses, and to make them believe that war or weapons can ever be tools for peace. It shows us how no country be it US or India is free from all this. One day our teacher asked us in class. What is the first word that comes to your mind when you think about India. A Muslim friend of mine from a very affluent family said ‘discrimination’. I wondered at that time what made him say that. After watching this movie I got my answer. Discrimination on the basis of religion is a known fact in India. Political parties using religion to increase their vote bank is also a common phenomenon. These facts that we have taken for granted when presented to me the way this movie did, it intimidated me. The comparison that was done by the movie between the glory for our country and the price that we have to pay to achieve it was very interesting. It raised a question whether creating fear is in fact equivalent to making sure that we are safe? That is it necessary that we have to be makers of weapons of mass destruction to create that respect and acknowledgement in the world? Is it necessary to have war to maintain peace? The absolute futility of wars and nuclear bombings. The psychological and political reasons behind them were beautifully covered in this movie.