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I promise somewhat irregular posts on (in no particular order) Indian politics, cinema, and anything else that catches my fancy... Why "Qalandar"? So-called "liminal" religious traditions are a particular interest of mine, and "qalandar" is the sort of untranslatable, ambiguous, yet enormously evocative word that for me touches upon and articulates the experience of the sub-continent's "little" traditions in a particularly memorable way...not to mention the fact that in popular lingo the word has more than a merely religious/spiritual connotation, and can mean a bunch of other things, including a smart alec, wannabe, what-have-you...

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Richard Corliss (TIME) Reviews THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS
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July 12th, 2008

[Thanks to Matrix in the Shoutbox-- Qalandar]

There’s a beautiful high-angle shot, early in The Dark Knight, that looks down on Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) in full Batman regalia as he perches atop a Gotham skyscraper, surveying the city he lives to protect, then leaping off and spreading his majestic bat wings to swoop down into the night. Bruce’s trajectory is also the film’s. It traces a descent into moral anarchy, and each of its major characters will hit bottom. Some will never recover, broken by the touch of evil or by finding it, like a fatal infection, in themselves.

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  1. Comment by jayshah on 12 July 2008:

    Looks extremely promising from this…must watch!

  2. Comment by satyam on 12 July 2008:

    Can’t wait for this! Incidentally I saw Hellboy 2 yesterday. Very enjoyable fare though I missed the purity of the first one even if that earlier film was a bit uneven. The current film is more ‘blockbuster’ entertainment and the crowd seemed to love it.

  3. Comment by JasonTodd on 12 July 2008:

    fuck i cant wait!!!!
    midnight imax i got it!

  4. Comment by sheeru on 12 July 2008:

    There are so many reviews out for this…check out rottentomatoes…not one bad review so far…this movie is going to be epic…I got tickets to an advance showing…Imma give my review on Thursday night.

  5. Comment by jayshah on 13 July 2008:

    I haven’t seen a Hollywood flick in cinemas for ages now, this is definitely the one to break this drought!

  6. Comment by satyam on 13 July 2008:

    JasonTodd: Did you see Hellboy? If so I’d love to know your thoughts..

  7. Comment by Achilles on 13 July 2008:

    Fantastic! This will be KickAss! Cant wait

  8. Comment by jayshah on 15 July 2008:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7507278.stm

    More press/critics related thoughts.

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