An animated film that has very low production values, yet every frame drips with inspiration. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Technically, sita sings the blues is a wonderful achievement. Sita chante le blues 2008 film complet en francais. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but i am making it explicit with a creative commons attributionshare alike license. Conventional wisdom urges me to demand payment for every use of the film, but then how would people without money get to see it. Hd 1080p sita sings the blues 2008 streaming integral. With this film, paley has managed to do several things by which i, as an independent film maker, am both impressed and feel compelled to recommend to others. Sita sings the blues 2008 streaming integral jouer film. Sita sings the blues 2008 telecharger le film film efron. Its cute and simple and yet incorporates multiple layers to tell one legendary story. It intersperses events from the ramayana, lighthearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with tracks by annette hanshaw and scenes from the artists own life. Sita sings the blues was released in 2008 only after long negotiations with the holders of the 80yearold songs recorded by annette hanshaw. Sita sings the blues est le plus grand film cree par avec laide dun description du film est.
Buenos aires festival of film for children and youth usa 23 october 2009 san diego asian film festival usa 25 december 2009 new york city, new york uk. So if youd like hold a screening, dont ask first just do it. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 american animated musical romantic comedydrama film written. The vocalist in sita sings the blues is annette hanshaw, a jazz vocalist 75 years ago, now probably unremembered by all but researchers. How widely would the film be disseminated if it were limited by permission and fees. She saw in the tale of ramayana, which the film juxtaposes with the story of ninas own divorce, the greatest breakup story ever told. Click to purchase all profits go to the musicians who composed and performed the original music for the film.
Paley puts a lot of emphasis on the unconditional and pure love sita has for rama. Stylish, creative, and original, sita sings the blues tells the story of a woman breaking up with her boyfriend, and dealing with it through reading the ramayana. Sita sings the blues is a mesmerizing and immensely entertaining movie that mixes a wide variety of animation styles in the service of the neat. Unlike a few decades ago when scholarship focused on only panindian literary ramayanas, scholars today are. Please distribute, copy, share, archive, and show sita sings the blues. Sita sings the blues original full movie 720p youtube. Synopsis who so ever has written the crap below, has omitted the side story of the married couple, without which the movie is incomplete. November 27, 2015 posted in films 2008 comments off on sita sings the blues 2008 salut et bienvenues sur streaming film. Streaming integral sita sings the blues en qualite haute definition. At least that seems to be a major theme in sita sings the blues, an incomparably unique animated feature that combines ancient hindu mythology, a 1920s blues singer, and one artists failed marriage to tell the story of a every woman who lets a man walk all over her.
Regarder film complet sita sings the blues en qualite haute definition. Sita, ramayana, lanka, hanuman, rama, valmiki, annette hanshaw, fire, bollywood 2008 trailer for animated feature film sita sings the blues. It is an unconventional animated musical that was completely produced by one person over the course of 5 years. Telecharger le film sita sings the blues dans le meilleur format video. With annette hanshaw, aseem chhabra, bhavana nagulapally, manish acharya. Sita sings the blues 2009 i only recently became aware of this film that tells in animated form the story of the epic poem the ramayana that, along with the mahabharatha, provides much of the foundational myths of hindus and india. Nina paley took the ramayana and created a story that would cater to her own life and situation in sita sings the blues. Set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw, sita sings the blues earns its tagline as the greatest breakup story ever told. A feminist reading of sita sings the blues feminism in india. Jouer film sita sings the blues en format haute definition. Jan 03, 2016 an animated version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw.
Oct 30, 2008 sita sings the blues, the first featurelength movie animated and directed by nina paley, sometime cartoonist, graphic artist and animator, is not without its flaws, but what it lacks in absolute perfection it makes up for and then some in ambition and passion. The history of womankind is a broken record as the same damn things keeping happening over and over again. An animated version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. Also, it features three cleverly interwoven segments, involving unconditional love and being rejected by a soul mate. It was an version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz. First conceived in the wake of her divorce, the film. To the extent possible under law, nina paley has waived all and related or neighboring rights to sita sings the blues. Dec 25, 2009 sita sings the blues, nina paleys new film, which arrives in new york on friday trailing festival love, is certainly ambitious and visually loaded. Nina paleys delicious sita sings the blues finds solace in autobiography and an animated gold mine in the caverns of an ancient sanskrit epic. As engaging as the film is, explaining it is tricky. Sita sings the blues is a musical, animated personal interpretation of the indian epic. Sita sings the blues uses a yesbased distribution model. The sita sings the blues soundtrack cd is now available.
Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the indian epic ramayana. It intersperses events from the ramayana, lighthearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of indian shadow puppets. Sita sings the blues is a very independent animated film that portrays a portion of the hindu epic the ramayana. After a run of film festivals, a film based on sanskrit epic sparks turmoil in new york.
Apr 29, 2009 i got a dvd in the mail, an animated film titled sita sings the blues. Nina paley, a selftaught animator, released in 2008 an 82minute animated film, sita sings the blues, that mingles the classic indian myth, the ramayana, with contemporary autobiographical events, and its all set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. The best way to see sita sings the blues is on a big screen, in a dark room, with other people. Sita sings the blues 2007 the indian tale of ramayana is set to jazz music. Sita sings the blues, nina paleys new film, which arrives in new york on friday trailing festival love, is certainly ambitious and visually loaded. I carefully filed it with other movies i will watch when they introduce the 8day week. Sita sings the blues is a marvel of imagination and ingenuity.
One of the most exciting times of the semester occurs when we watch sita sings the blues in class. We are planning to hopefully launch a kickstarter campaign soon to bring about an official, highquality bluray printing of sita sings the blues. Telecharger sita sings the blues dans le meilleur format video. There are a few differences that i noticed between the ramayana by narayan, and the depiction of it in sita sings the blues. It was an version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. Sita sings the blues is a musical, animated personal interpretation of the indian epic the ramayana. Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved lord and husband rama. The movie is about sita, the hindu goddess from the epic the ramayana, who accompanies lord rama on a 14 year exile in forest. Paley, 40, could have farmed out the writing, directing, editing, producing and animating of sita sings the blues. The socalled spectacular success of sita sings the blues2, by nina paley, an american nonhindu woman, raises questions as superior indigenousmade animation films based on the ramayana, like hanuman3, have not received even a passing mention in the western press. The aspect of the story that i focus on is the relationship between sita and rama, who are gods. Sita sings the blues is a mesmerizing and immensely entertaining movie that mixes a wide variety of animation styles in the service of the neat trick of pulling the epic ramayanawhich sounds.
The film uses a pareddown adaptation of the legend that retains many of its finer details while orienting itself on a sympathetic perspective towards sita. She is remembered now as one of the integral elements in nina paleys beautifully animated first film, produced on her laptop computer over a period of five years. The first is that the animation is all done solely by her. Sita sings the blues streaming vf regarder le film complet. Sita sings the blues 2008 jouer film complet hd player. Le film sita sings the blues 2008 vostfr film complet. Also, it features three cleverly interwoven segments, involving unconditional love and being rejected by a. Sita sings the blues full movie and subtitulos youtube. Le film sita sings the blues 2008 vostfr admin 20170607t17. Nina paley is an animator whose husband moves to india, then. Le film a ete produit avec une excellente qualite graphique, meilleur qualite du son et le meilleur meilleurs acteurs. Le film complet en streaming sita sings the blues en format haute definition. See the license page for more information about sita sings the blues permissive licensing. It tells the story of sita, the wife of rama, and how she went into exile with him, was kidnapped, rescued, and accused of impurity.
Telecharger le film sita sings the blues en format hd. The full film can also be viewed in lowresolution streaming video on the web site for wnet, a pbs member station in new york city. Conventional wisdom urges me to demand payment for every use of the film, but then. The aspect of the story that i focus on is the relationship. Nina paley created the unapologetically quirky, irreverent, and unconventionally animated film sita sings the blues after her own divorce from her husband. Sita sings the blues 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It tells the story of sita, the wife of rama, and how she went into exile with him. It was created by nina paley, and the film is, remarkably, almost a solo effort. Sita sings the blues, the first featurelength movie animated and directed by nina paley, sometime cartoonist, graphic artist and animator, is not without its flaws, but what it lacks in absolute perfection it makes up for and then some in ambition and passion. Oct 23, 2009 sita sings the blues is based on the hindu epic the ramayana. From the shared culture it came, and back into the shared culture it goes.
How widely would the control offers a false sense of security. For more about the film and about nina paleys other work, see. See the sita sites page for the complete, communitymaintained list of where sita sings the blues can be found online. Streaming integral sita sings the blues en haute qualite. Nov 27, 2015 november 27, 2015 posted in films 2008 comments off on sita sings the blues 2008 salut et bienvenues sur streaming film.
You know youre in for a treat the minute you see the level of animation in sita sings the blues. Paley has found a way to mix the two most strikingly opposite forms of art the blues and traditional indian mythology in a way that. Sita sings the blues is based on the hindu epic the ramayana. The whole film is split into four different segments that are interwoven around one another. For a time, the behindthescenes story of nina paleys animated feature sita sings the blues was drawing more attention than the story in the movie.
Mar 29, 2012 the history of womankind is a broken record as the same damn things keeping happening over and over again. You dont need my permission to copy, share, publish, archive, show, sell, broadcast, or remix sita sings the blues. Sita sings the blues vs narayans ramayana ppcc world. First conceived in the wake of her divorce, the film is a retelling of part of the indiana epic ramayana, in which lord rama.
The dvd has audiencecreated subtitles, a directors commentary track, and some bonus tracks. In paleys movie, sita steps forward from time to time to sing a torchy jazz era song mean to me, and the like in the voice of annette hanshaw, a stylistically. Two women having troubles with their men, separated by several centuries, find their stories coming together in this animated comedydrama from artist and animator nina paley. It is not part of the permission culture, it is part of the yes culture. This film by nina paley one she has made available to the public by withholding is a wonderful addition to what has come to be known as the ramayana tradition.
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