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| A Suite of Websites on Cinema and Conemporary Film Theory and Philosophical Concepts like Postmodernism, Cultural theory etc. | Updated on 16 August 2003 |
Views Reviews Interviews is an Ezine on Understanding and Appreciation of Cinema Using Latest Concepts of Cultural Theory, Film Theory and Philosophy. It's various issues are:
Views Reviews Interviews
comprises of the following sites:
Cultural Theory and Cinema
| Postmodernism and Cinema
| Cinema of Satyajit Ray
| Buddhadeb Dasgupta
| Goutam Ghosh
| Movie
Masters | Directors'
Point of View | What's New
Contents of various web-issues of Views Reviews Interviews
| Cultural Theory and Cinema | Discusions on Culturalism, Ideological State Apparatus, Post-Marxism, Subaltern studies, Post-colonial feminist theory, Globalisation, Popular Culture, Utilitarianism, Feminism, Postmodernism, Ethnographic Surrealism, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Bakhtin, Barthes' Reader Reception theory etc in relation to Cinema. |
| Postmodernism and Cinema | Introductory Concepts; Postmodernism and Indian Cinema; Postmodern social theory; Beyond Marx: Postmodernism and the discovery of cinema; Shakespeare, Postmodernism and popular culture; Absurdity; Buddhadeb Dasgupta's interview on postmodernism. |
| Satyajit Ray | Some notes on the film medium and Railway motif in Apu Trilogy by Prof. Satish Bahadur. And his series of letters analysing various details of Pather Panchali in reply to Arup Ratan Ghosh's paper and letters. |
| Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Discussions on Dasgupta's cinema with concepts of cultural theory and Interviews with the director. |
| Goutam Ghose | Discussions on Ghose's cinema using concepts of cultural theory and Interviews with the director. |
| Directors' Point of View | Essays by leading Bengali directors : Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Ashoke Viswanathan, Malay Bhattacharya, Sourav Sarangi |
| Movie Masters | Discussions on Wajda, Brecht, Kurosawa and other movie masters |
| What's New | Cinema for Subculture, Ritwik Ghatak |
The following printed issues of Views Reviews Interviews and other books on cinema, theatre, literature etc. are available. To collect them send an email to arghosh@satyam.net.in or arghosh@rediffmail.com indicating the books you would like to purchase and the address in which the books should be sent. In return mail we shall inform you the total cost including postage. The books will be sent through VPP. To view detail contents of these publications click on the Details button.
Buy Printed Version of the Journal and other publications Details are given below: |
The following journals and books
are available:
BOOKS ON THEATRE
JOURNAL ON FILM, THEATRE, LITERATURE, FOLK ART AND OTHER CULTURAL ISSUES
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| Issues/ Books | Contents |
| 1. Cultural Theory and Cinema (in English) |
Cultural
Theory Discusions on Culturalism, Ideological State Apparatus, Post-Marxism, Subaltern studies, Post-colonial feminist theory, Globalisation, Popular Culture, Utilitarianism, Feminism, Postmodernism, Ethnographic Surrealism, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Bakhtin, Barthes' Reader Reception theory etc in relation to Cinema. Satyajit Ray Some notes on the film medium and Railway motif in Apu Trilogy by Prof. Satish Bahadur. And his series of letters analysing various details of Pather Panchali in reply to Arup Ratan Ghosh's paper and letters. Focus:
Buddhadeb Dasgupta Spotlight:
Goutam Ghose Directors'
Point of View And discussions on Wajda, Brecht, Kurosawa and a case study on a Film Society |
| Name of the Book | Brief Description |
| 2. Bangla
Absurd Theatre (In Bengali) |
It is a book based on a Ph.D. thesis on the absurd elements in and the influence of the Theatre of the Absurd on modern Bengali playwrites. The book is first of its kind. It is highly appreciated by the universities, academicians, theatre persons and the general admirers of literature and culture. This book is essential for the good libraries and for personal collections. Actually the Bengali Theatre of the Absurd is the subject of this book. Giving a detailed introduction of the Western Theatre of the Absurd (including African and Latin American theatre) this book evaluates the significant and respective plays of Rabindranath Tagore, Badal Sircar (like Evam Indrajit, Baki Itihas, Pagla Ghora etc.), Mohit Chattopadhyay and other contemporary Bengali playwrites. This is a thorough, exhaustive and detail study on the subject published in this year. |
| Name of the Journal | Brief Description |
| 3. Anya
Shatabdir Chitrakalpa (In Bengali) |
This is a Bengali magazine on film, theatre, painting, literature, folk culture and other cultural issues. Its 2003 issue contains a complete coverage on postmodernism. The containing essays are the important cultural theories prior to postmodernism, what is postmodernism, Jibananda Das and postmodernism, post-feminism, after-postmodernism etc. and a postmodern play. The Absurd Drama section contains essays on Absurd Drama, Bengali Absurd Theatre, Cinema and Absurdity etc. The 'Drama' and 'Film' sections contain a number of essays on drama and cinema including an interview with Sandip Ray on Satyajit Ray's 'Sikim', Major Film Movements, Cinema of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Charu Roy, Film Censorship, Tripti Mitra, Derridean Deconstruction of Kolkatar Hamlet etc. The Literature section contains essays on Jibananda Das and Buddhadeb Basu and also some poems. The other essays are on Recent Trends in Chhou Dance of Purulia, Paintings published in Bengali magazines from 1900 to 1940, Impact of TV on society, Bengal's tradition of dance and music etc. |
| Name of the Book | Brief Description |
| 4. Buddhadeb Unrehearsed -- Memories, Dreams, Reflections: Film, Art, and Life (In English) | Buddhadeb Dasgupta in conversation with Arup Ratan Ghosh and Amitava Roy |
| Name of the Book | Brief Description |
| 5. Dreamworks
in Cinema (In English) |
This book contains essays on 'Satyajit Ray’s Male Gaze', ' Ritwik Ghatak's Sensibilities of Bengal', 'Cinema for subculture?', 'Dreamworks in Cinema' etc |
| Issues/ Books | Contents |
| 6.Postmodernism
& Cinema and Cinema of Satyajit Ray (In English) |
Postmodernism and Cinema Introductory Concepts; Postmodernism and Indian Cinema; Postmodern social theory; Beyond Marx: Postmodernism and the discovery of cinema; Shakespeare, Postmodernism and popular culture; Absurdity; Buddhadeb Dasgupta's interview on postmodernism. Free booklet: Dictionary of Postmodernism, Chronology of events related to postmodernism. Satyajit Ray Re-viewed Prof. Satish Bahadur's Appreciation of Pather Panchali; its Derridean deconstruction; appreciation of Satyajit Ray's cinema; Detail analysis of Aparajito; Ray's cinema through subaltern theory; notes on Satyajit Ray; Mamoun Hassan's Analysis of Apur Sansar; Narrative style of Ray; Tadzhik director's 'My Guru'; Film and literature etc. Other Essays Psychoanalysis and Eisenstein, Contemporary Russian Cinema, Cinema of Charu Roy |
| Issues/ Books | Contents |
| 7.
Hundred Years of Cinema (In English) |
World
Cinema Twelve Great Films, Major Film Movements, Brief History of Hundred Years of Cinema, A Chronology of events on Cinema Indian Cinema Indian Parallel Cinema and Indian Popular Cinema Women Images of Working Women and Changing images of women in Bangladeshi cinema. |
| Issues/ Books | Contents |
| 8.
Jean Renoir and Indian Popular Cinema (In English) |
Jean
Renoir Renoir Reviewed, Rules of the Game, Renoir on Renoir, Renoir with Godard -- a discussion, Interview with Renoir, Renoir Database Indian Popular Cinema Indian Popular Cinema, Other Cinema, Women in Indian Cinema, Indian Cinema, Review |
| Issues/ Books | Contents |
| 9. Fellini -
Antonioni (In English) |
Federico Fellini, Fellini's world of film, Interview with Fellini, Cinema of Antonioni, Antonioni Database, Bengali Films of IFFI '94, Cinema of the World |
| Books | Contents |
| 10. Taslima Nasrin O Aro Kichhu Kabita | A collection of self-composed Bengali poems by Arup Ratan Ghosh |
| 11. Yudder Janya Ei Shtotra Yudder Janya Ei Prarthana | A collection of self-composed Bengali poems by Arup Ratan Ghosh |
| 12. Prakritite Rajnaitik Bhangchur | A collection of self-composed Bengali poems by Arup Ratan Ghosh |
| 13. Shunyatar Shinjan O Buker Mouth Orgran | A collection of self-composed Bengali poems by Arup Ratan Ghosh |
| 14. Moumaner Sharir O Bimba | A collection of self-composed Bengali short stories by Arup Ratan Ghosh |
| 15. For The Train of Poetry | A collection of self-composed English poems by Arup Ratan Ghosh |
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Sites of Arup Ratan Ghosh
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Last Updated on 16 August 2003