Excited to see this posted here, I'm the author of the Cycles for Max plugin mentioned in the article. I was delighted when I first heard it was used in RRR. https://cyclesformax.net
This movie looks EPIC where can we stream it??
Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, a lot of the criticism reads like a tin-foil fan theory. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And some of it makes me question the author's familiarity with the actual background. > he’s seen assuming a wardrobe that invokes his namesake Rama No, he assumes a wardrobe that invokes Alluri Sitaramaraju, the historical figure his character is based on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluri_Sitarama_Raju And this…
Bose was a socialist in the sense that nazis were nationalist socialists so I’m not sure what your point is there.
Maybe read about man's views on the matter?
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m Indian and I didn’t see those either. There’s no scenario in which slate/vox would have written a ideologically uncoated positive review of this movie.
I’m Indian and I saw it when I watched the movie. Your comments show you have a right wing attitude to these things and I doubt you’d have therefore picked up on it since it affirms a particular world view.
If you didn't realise Ramcharan taking up a bow was an homage to Alluri Sitaramaraju, maybe you don't know what you're talking about?
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s highly enjoyable though it is also very nationalist propaganda in parts, which foreigners won’t pick up on. For the most part it never becomes an issue because the brunt of the movie is fighting colonialism and therefore quite appropriate and incredibly good. The end credit scene is the only part that I’d consider problematic from a messaging standpoint as it takes a hard line on who they celebrate and isn’t sub…
+1 on that. I only watched the action sequences in the movie as RRR is not the kind if movie I enjoy. But the end of the movie, makes it quite clear that it is a nod to right wing Hindu nationalism. The most pointed example is the exclusion, in the end credits, of the 2 biggest icons of Indian liberation - Mahatma Gandhi and the first prime minister Nehru( the British locked him up for over a decade) who were secular…
Thank you for adding to the list of subtleties that foreigners wouldn’t pick up on. These are great points and I’m very appreciative you took the time to list them
My wife isn’t Indian and she really enjoyed the film (which I did too as an action film) but I was aware the whole time of significant choices used to push the Hindu nationalist messaging. So I’ve been using it as an example of explaining the political climate in India
As a Hindu myself , but with a mixed caste/religion family, I’ve slowly been realizing how much messaging there has been in the media we consume as I expand on this with her.
Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”
#145There is also "I Lost My Body" which is full-length movie made in Blender. An interview with the director Jérémy Clapin[1] gives a bit of the backgound of the project. Both "RRR" [2] and "I Lost My Body" [3] are on Netflix. [1] https://www.blender.org/user-stories/i-lost-my-body-a-stunni... [2] https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81476453?s=i&trkid=13747225... [3] https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81120982?s=i&trkid=1374…
Too bad Netflix won't let me play [3]
Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are you talking about? The part where they refer to Indian freedom fighters? Because I thought they did a really good job of highlighting a lot of them, not just well known ones and across vast political spectrums. I mean they had Bhagat Singh and Subhash Chandra Bose as well as Shivaji and Mirabai.
That scene was good till you consider a few factors: - Bose was allied with the Nazi’s. I know it’s debatable whether the ends justify the means but he also held some fairly hostile views that are being used again - there were notable omissions of freedom fighters who preached peace , but more importantly, those who were against the division of Pakistan and India. I shared a couple links above in an edit, but there’s…
> Bose was allied with the Nazi’s
A marriage of convenience like when Gandhi allied with the Ali Brothers.
> there were notable omissions of freedom fighters who preached peace
Three of them where Gandhians but OK.
> but more importantly, those who were against the division of Pakistan and India.
Nobody in the Congress wanted partion to begin with. But there was no leader against it when it became clear that it was apparent. Who exactly do you have in mind?
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
Bose was a socialist in the sense that nazis were nationalist socialists so I’m not sure what your point is there.
Maybe read about man's views on the matter?
I have in the countless times this has been brought up. My high school had a Bose statue and taught us a lot of his history as well to try and reaffirm his greatness.
In the end , I haven’t ever seen anyone show me anything that didn’t also require ignoring Bose’s significant ties to the Nazis to have a charitable take on the man and his followers.
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m Indian and I saw it when I watched the movie. Your comments show you have a right wing attitude to these things and I doubt you’d have therefore picked up on it since it affirms a particular world view.
If you didn't realise Ramcharan taking up a bow was an homage to Alluri Sitaramaraju, maybe you don't know what you're talking about?
Where did I say I didn’t know that? You’re putting words in my mouth.
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#149Re: Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”
#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
That scene was good till you consider a few factors: - Bose was allied with the Nazi’s. I know it’s debatable whether the ends justify the means but he also held some fairly hostile views that are being used again - there were notable omissions of freedom fighters who preached peace , but more importantly, those who were against the division of Pakistan and India. I shared a couple links above in an edit, but there’s…
> Bose was allied with the Nazi’s A marriage of convenience like when Gandhi allied with the Ali Brothers. > there were notable omissions of freedom fighters who preached peace Three of them where Gandhians but OK. > but more importantly, those who were against the division of Pakistan and India. Nobody in the Congress wanted partion to begin with. But there was no leader against it when it became clear that it was a…
Your entire comment is a “so what?”
You don’t think it’s suspect that major figures were excluded from the list? And they just happen to be the same major figures the right wing governments try and move away from.
You don’t think being allied with the Nazis and never denouncing their views was an issue either?
the movie had a clear political agenda to it.