Heat and some box sets!
Its been a busy week with an even nicer weekend. I finally saw a great movie after ages, and that was Michael Mann's amazing crime thriller "Heat" which starred Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and was publicised as the first movie that had both of them sharing the screen for the first time( GF2 had both of them, but never together!) . To tell you the truth, their on screen time together is limited, with some of it limited to some serious violence without dialogues at all. But the movie is simply superb with its tight storyline and some amazing acting. It had 2 great actors at the top of their crafts and it takes the movie to a different level. I had seen the movie earlier too in 1995 when it was just released, but I was obviously too young to remember too much of it. But seeing it now, made me realised that there was so much more to the movie than the simple tale of the hunter( Al) and the hunted( DeNiro). It also subtly shows the complicated lives that these 2 powerful professionals have to lead and eventually their confrontation although helps them achieve something professionally, their personal lives have degenerated to a point of no return because of it. And probably, that is what causes subtle empathy between these 2 seemingly polemic individuals. There are some powerhouse actors in support ( Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Amy Brenneman, Hank Azaria) but the movie well and truly belongs to the 2 thoroughbreds. Plus, the action in the movie is really well orchestrated, and not in the Hong Kong, John Woo kinda way, which is quite a relief since i have had an overload of the same. The scene in which DeNiro, Kilmer and Sizemore manufacture a getaway after their ill-fated bank heist is really well done. But my favourite scene in the movie has to be the scene where Al Pacino discovers that his wife is cheating on him. Typical Al Pacino stuff!Well next on my must watch list is "Aparahan", about which i have been hearing a ton of good things. I have a great amount of respect for Prakash Jha ( well "Rahul" notwithstanding) and i cant wait to see Nana Patekar and Ajay Devgan on screen together.
Well the other highlights of the weekend was basketball! Well after my knee injury and subsequent operations in 2002 I had never thought that i would be able to resume playing basketball like in the early days. However, when the new court opened up in the office i was drawn to it like a moth to a flame, and nowadays it has become a regular pastime that i really enjoy for a change. Plus over the weekends, we have been playing some early morning games with a bunch of really good players from some other companies and it has been really good fun. Cant wait for the weekend to come for some more action!
Well, it had been sometime since i bought some new music so i decided to make amends for it over the weekend and visited some music shops in the city. And boy did i get a good haul or what. I was lucky enough to pick up some really,really good stuff which included:
1. John Coltrane and The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings [BOX SET] - a set of 8 cds that includes everything that Coltrane ever recorded for the Impulse! studio. It was a buy that was way over my budget, but what the hell you get to see such things in a store only once in a life time and I wasnt gonna let it go.
2. Fear Factory: Digital Connectivity [DVD]- which features all their promo videos and live footage as well interviews with the whole band. Awesome buy this! Plus it all features 8 unreleased songs and a complete story of the band written by the lead singer. hehehe~!!
3. The Cure - Greatest Hits[BOX SET] - features The Cure's Greatest Hits on a cd, as well as all the videos on a DVD! Plus it also has another CD with acoustic versions of quite a few of their songs. I have been tripping on "Lullaby" and "Pictures of You" ever since. One of the most underrated bands ever!
Well a metal,jazz and pop box set over one weekend! Simply delicious!!!
Current Music: Fear Factory - Archetype
posted by Nitish @ 11:54 PM
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