Spike Lee, the director of the film "Inside Man", in a recent interview:
What about the music sequence at the beginning and at the end of the movie? Why that choice? Well here's the great thing about New York and all types of music. I'm a professor at New York University's graduate film school; I've been a professor for the last eight years. One class we were talking about musicals, and one of my students suggested I see some Bollywood. I knew about it but I had never seen a Bollywood film. So I said, "Name one!" She said, "Dil Se." Next class she gave me the DVD, I liked the movie very much. That song, `Chaiyya Chaiyya,' is in Dil Se. So, I made a promise with myself that one day I'd like to use it. So one day we did a song with Terence Blanchard, our composer, then we got Punjabi MC to do the rap, so that's how that happened. --- In [email protected], "aneodawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Update: > > Chaiyya Chaiyya starts in the very first frame, when the Universal logo > clouds the screen...now thats big time... > > Don't forget to read the comments... > http://www.cinemarati.org/index.php/archives/spike-lee-goes-bollywood/#c\ > omments > <http://www.cinemarati.org/index.php/archives/spike-lee-goes-bollywood/#\ > comments> > > Related Link: > http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/wireditems/2006/03/a_catchy_indian.php > <http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/wireditems/2006/03/a_catchy_indian.php> > > --- In [email protected], "aneodawn" <aneodawn@> wrote: > > > > The song that is featured in the movie is Chaiyya Chaiyya (a new remix > > version)...Man, I just can't wait to catch the movie... > > > > Inside Man review... > > > > If I see a better mainstream American film than Spike Lee's > > "Inside Man" in 2006, I will be very happy - and surprised. > > The film, a thriller about hostage-taking bank robbers in New > York > > City, is more than merely flawlessly cast and marvelously acted and > > directed. It is also a polyphonic, multiracial meditation on post-9/11 > > America and yet another Lee love song to the city of his dreams: New > > York, New York. > > Can you believe the whole thing starts out to the percussive beat > of > > music by legendary Bollywood composer A.R. Rahman? > > Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington with Kojak cue-ball > head > > and added pounds), a sharp-dressing hostage negotiator, has his hands > > full. He's under suspicion after $140,000 goes missing during a > > bust. His freaky girlfriend (Cassandra Freeman) has got to have it > > (marriage, that is). Her brother, who lives with her, is a jobless > > drunk, and Frazier's superior (Peter Gerety) has assigned him to > > take over a standoff at the venerable Wall Street bank Manhattan > Trust. > > > > Source: > > http://theedge.bostonherald.com/movieReviews/view.bg?articleid=131876 > > > <http://theedge.bostonherald.com/movieReviews/view.bg?articleid=131876> > > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
