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HIGH
RATINGS FOR HYSTERICAL
BLINDNESS
The
premiere of HYSTERICAL BLINDNESS on 8/25 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT scored the
highest rating (11.4/17) for an HBO Original Picture since the debut of
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK 2 (11.5/16; 3/5/00). HYSTERICAL BLINDNESS easily
beat all cable and broadcast network competition in HBO homes during the
time period.
MIRA
NAIR DELIVERS 11TH VARIETY CINEMA MILITANS LECTURE
At the
22nd Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht the renowned Indian director
Mira Nair will deliver the eleventh Variety Cinema Militans Lecture. On
Sunday 29 September at 5 pm she will present her vision on the future
of cinema. The festival takes place from September 25 through October
4 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The fixed theme of the lecture, 'the position and viability of cinema
in the present age', is an adaptation of the theme of Menno ter Braak’s
essay 'Cinema Militans' from 1926. Ter Braak, who is considered the first
Dutch film theoretician, is one of the founders of the Filmliga, along
with other people like Joris Ivens.
Mira Nair’s Variety Cinema Militans Lecture will be published in
the first edition of the Weekly Variety that will come out after the festival.
(For
a transcript of the lecture please click here)
MONSOON
WEDDING NOMINATED FOR BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARD
Monsoon
Wedding is nominated in the Best Foreign Film (Foreign language) category
for the 5th Annual BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS, sponsored by Park
Caledonia to be held Wednesday 30th October 2002 at Pacha, London, SW1
The British Independent Film Awards were set up to recognize the growing
stature of the British Independent Film Industry in the UK and worldwide.
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December 19, 2001
MONSOON WEDDING TAKES INDIA BY STORM
It's
official. MONSOON WEDDING, Mira Nair's award-winning film is leading box
office collections across India. With euphoric audiences going back for
more, MONSOON WEDDING – after gathering major international acclaim
- is rocking the box office in India. Despite formidable mainstream competition
from Bollywood, MONSOON WEDDING is becoming possibly the first Indian
crossover film to have met with such commercial - and critical - success.
On Dec 20, 2001 MONSOON WEDDING was announced as a nominee for best foreign
language film in the prestigious Golden Globe awards, also considered
an indicator of likely Oscar nomination.
As per trade sources, the collections at the end of the second week of
release were:
Mira
Nair, who became India's first female director to win the Golden Lion
at the Venice Film Festival for MONSOON WEDDING, feels validated by
the response the film has received in India: "What matters to me,
more than the Golden Lion, more than an Oscar, is how it is received
at home."
She has nothing to worry about. MONSOON WEDDING, released across India
on November 30, 2001, is a film about an extended Punjabi family reuniting
from around the globe for an arranged marriage. The wedding ceremonies
running over five days intertwine with various love stories - the love
between a couple married for 25 years, teen-age lust, and the bride’s
tryst with her lover the night before her arranged marriage to another
man. Song, dance, laughter and tears - the roller coaster of emotions
that MW offers has audiences in India clamoring for more.
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December
20, 2001
MONSOON WEDDING NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN GLOBE
Nominees for the 59th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced today
by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a 90-member organization that
covers Hollywood for overseas publications. Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding
was nominated in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category.
Considered to be a strong indicator of Academy Award nominations in March,
the Golden Globes will be awarded in a live broadcast from Hollywood,
California. The other films nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film
category are Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s "Amelie" (France), Walter
Salles’ "Behind the Sun" (Brazil), Danis Tanovic’s
"No Man’s Land" (Bosnia) and Alfonso Cuaron’s "Y
Tu Mama Tambien" (Mexico).