tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post8763786840512128679..comments2024-03-24T08:18:33.058-04:00Comments on Conversations Over Chai: My Fair Lady (1964)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-61713609580116036732015-01-30T09:26:41.211-05:002015-01-30T09:26:41.211-05:00Thanks, AK. I didn't know who Jeremy Brett was...Thanks, AK. I didn't know who Jeremy Brett was, when I first watched the film either. Sherlock Holmes debuted on Indian television long after I'd watched <i>My Fair Lady</i>. It was only during a subsequent viewing of the film that it suddenly hit me - hey, that's Holmes! :) <br /><br />I agree with you about not being able to relate to Cumberbatch. I couldn't relate to Downey. Jr either (in the film). I think, our generation, having grown up on Brett as Holmes, would find it very difficult to see anyone else in the role. Especially since the original series was so well-taken. It is the same with Poirot - I cannot imagine anyone other than Suchet as Hercules Poirot. <br /><br />Yeah, I find a lot of people up in arms about the lip-synching. The fact is, even when Hollywood made musicals, the actors lip-synched - sometimes to their own voices, sometimes to others. (<i>My Fair Lady</i> is a case in point.) It was very rarely that they sang on the sets. I don't understand the condescension.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-60145627365922120102015-01-30T06:42:02.532-05:002015-01-30T06:42:02.532-05:00Anu,
Excellent review as usual. I saw the movie l...Anu,<br />Excellent review as usual. I saw the movie long ago, and I didn't know that Jeremy Brett was also in the movie - probably I didn't know Jeremy Brett then. Entirely agree with you he is the definitive Sherlock Holmes. The new generation is ga-ga over Benedict Cumberbatch version on the BBC. I just couldn't relate to him. I am going to watch <i>My Fair Lady</i> again to look for Jeremy Brett. :)<br /><br />It is interesting that Audrey Hepburn should have been denied Oscar on being discovered that she didn't sing her own songs. Referring to this incident, Neepa Majumdar writes in her article "The Embodied voice" (in <i>Wanted Cultured Ladie Only!</i>) that the authenticity of the singing voice emanating from the screen star was a concern in Hindi films too in the 1930s and 40s, but by the 50s when Filmfare Awards were introduced, this duality was accepted and the 'deception' didn't pose any moral dilemma. I often find that foreign writers on Bollywood still haven't got to terms with 'lip-synching'.<br />AKSongs Of Yorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-5210078754079818352015-01-29T22:27:31.590-05:002015-01-29T22:27:31.590-05:00I am confused. :) Perhaps when you have more time,...I am confused. :) Perhaps when you have more time, you will explain. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-15579800524308101442015-01-29T22:15:50.911-05:002015-01-29T22:15:50.911-05:00Just thinking of me? You aren't coming here to...Just thinking of me? You aren't coming here to help shovel? Ah, woe is meeee! :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-9427199999830094592015-01-28T19:41:57.127-05:002015-01-28T19:41:57.127-05:00Thanks for that link, Anu! And I hear there is mo...Thanks for that link, Anu! And I hear there is more snow headed your way soon, so the wall is going to grow a little taller! I will be thinking of you!Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-43125754618135557742015-01-28T05:27:00.016-05:002015-01-28T05:27:00.016-05:00I didn't say, that Higgins and Pickering were ...I didn't say, that Higgins and Pickering were a couple.<br />There is not much running in that street too. If any running is being done, then it is on the Eliza-Freddie street.<br />As for stigma, I could go on and on, but don't have time for that now. C U!harveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-60904174121676495212015-01-28T00:20:20.100-05:002015-01-28T00:20:20.100-05:00Lalitha, if you want snow, please do come here. We...Lalitha, if you want snow, please do come here. We had 33 blasted inches - there is no place to put the dashed thing once we shovelled it - I was literally picking up shovels full of snow and then having to lift them over my head to throw it off the path onto our yard - right now, our path up to the front door looks like it's a tunnel, with 5ft walls of snow on both sides! <br /><br />But if you want to watch it on YouTube, here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2TH8jOxVoMAnu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-18112116187800867232015-01-28T00:17:34.711-05:002015-01-28T00:17:34.711-05:00:) I think HIndi films being 'comfort food'...:) I think HIndi films being 'comfort food' is something that all we lovers of Hindi films, especially old Hindi films say. And this is perfect Hindi film, don't you think? <br /><br />Madhu's article was so apt, don't you think?Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-84420358041794617672015-01-28T00:16:13.397-05:002015-01-28T00:16:13.397-05:00I can't imagine I'm an Ordinary Man going ...I can't imagine <i>I'm an Ordinary Man</i> going down well with <i>any</i> woman! :) <br /><br />Welcome to my blog, Soumya. And than you for commenting.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-82510648306229032702015-01-27T15:45:32.071-05:002015-01-27T15:45:32.071-05:00I also saw this movie in Delhi in Sheila! I spent...I also saw this movie in Delhi in Sheila! I spent all of yesterday wondering if it was Sheila or Mayfair (in Lucknow) and finally realized it was in Delhi when I remembered that it was in the 10th, and we went from school. We learned the song, All I want is a room somewhere ... in Music class and we were crazy over this movie. I remember one of my friends making a poster of this movie, with Eliza in her Ascot costume. Our school even took us to the movie a second time later in the year! <br />I saw it again with my parents and then a couple of times over TV. I don't have any snow but would love to watch it again, if I can find it on Youtube, maybe I will also watch it again!Lalithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-76072450931585681922015-01-27T13:48:42.360-05:002015-01-27T13:48:42.360-05:00I usually don't care for musicals but I make a...I usually don't care for musicals but I make an exception for this film. It is indeed a complete film with sparkling dialogues, superb songs and wonderful performances. I've a soft corner for the song "I'm an ordinary man" which I often sing for my wife's benefit. Needless to say it does not go down well. Rex Harrison and Stanley Holloway steal the show. I'll dig up the dvd and watch it again.Soumyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-57202537319951177922015-01-27T09:41:10.794-05:002015-01-27T09:41:10.794-05:00:) Everything today is painted with that broad bru...:) Everything today is painted with that broad brush, isn't it? It was quite possible then for two crusty old bachelors or two spinsters (a word that is non-PC today) to set up house together without the stigma of being gay. Unfortunately, the 'stigma' of homosexuality is a very real thing today. And I think both situations are bad. :(Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-65414733912685888632015-01-27T04:48:13.938-05:002015-01-27T04:48:13.938-05:00Didn't have much time lately. Sorry.
Unkind? ...Didn't have much time lately. Sorry.<br /><br />Unkind? <br />It is just experience, which made me come to the conclusion.<br />Apparently they don't have much of romance running between them. <br /><br /><br />Higgins: Pickering and I are at it from morning till night. It fills our whole lives. Teaching Eliza, talking to Eliza, listening to Eliza, dressing Eliza.<br />His Mother: You're a pretty pair of babies playing with your live doll.harveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-87167750164136951162015-01-26T18:13:18.335-05:002015-01-26T18:13:18.335-05:00"What happened to the other 3 marks" :) ..."What happened to the other 3 marks" :) You know I was thinking exactly the same thing but did not express it.<br />Same with this movie being comfort food, I wrote it then deleted it, because it sounded like I stole the expression from dustedoff ;), though I often think of old movies I like as comfort food.Neerunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-88086864053304559762015-01-26T15:29:57.020-05:002015-01-26T15:29:57.020-05:00Harveeeee... where have you been?! Welcome back!
...Harveeeee... where <i>have</i> you been?! Welcome back! <br /><br /><br /><br />'gay guy and his fag-hag?' <br /><br />Harvey, harvey, harvey! What an deeply unkind thing to say!Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-38922114445874150272015-01-26T14:49:28.220-05:002015-01-26T14:49:28.220-05:00My fav film!
Somewhere I have an audio cassette wi...My fav film!<br />Somewhere I have an audio cassette with the whole film on it. i used to listen to it quite often.<br />Basically I think that this is a story about a gay guy and his fag-hag.<br />sorry for being gone for such a long time.harveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-37537595887411019512015-01-26T08:30:34.033-05:002015-01-26T08:30:34.033-05:00Mind-meld. :)Mind-meld. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-21580102875476068132015-01-26T08:30:06.842-05:002015-01-26T08:30:06.842-05:00Heh, if I hadn't scored that high in Maths, my...Heh, if I hadn't scored that high in Maths, my father would have tanned me! As it is, his first question after I got the marklist was, '<i>What happened to the other 3 marks?'</i> :)<br /><br />I love Audrey Hepburn, and can watch many of her films over and over again. This one, particularly, because apart from being able to watch her, the songs were glorious, the plot was delicious, and the acting excellent. I don't think I can find any flaw in this film. It is one of those films that are like comfort food. Actually, tonight and tomorrow are great days to revisit the film. Do watch.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-16926747214235624332015-01-26T01:01:36.038-05:002015-01-26T01:01:36.038-05:00"feeling slightly put out that Eliza didn'..."<i>feeling slightly put out that Eliza didn't end up with Freddie.</i>"<br /><br />Hehe! Same here. :-) And I really did like Jeremy Brett in this (plus, I agree with you: he <i>is</i> Holmes. The only Holmes).dustedoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-84248336752115757652015-01-25T19:50:09.578-05:002015-01-25T19:50:09.578-05:00You must have been on top of the world ! What with...You must have been on top of the world ! What with getting 97% in math AND got to watch one of the best musical ever ! I saw it the first time in Delhi in Sheila which boasted the first wide CinemaScope screen. They even handed out souvenirs, I think my mom got a hair net. I have seen it a couple of times since and thoroughly enjoyed it, but then give me any movie of Audrey Hepburn, I am happy. I specially enjoyed Mrs. Higgins taking Eliza's side when the men are too busy gloating on THEIR success. It's supposed to snow agin tomorrow, perhaps will cozy up with coffee and Ms. Eliza !Neerunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-64821978304592688392015-01-25T10:48:34.252-05:002015-01-25T10:48:34.252-05:00(yes, callow pre-teen and all, no?
Heh. I was 14 ...<i>(yes, callow pre-teen and all, no?</i> <br />Heh. I was 14 when I watched it. And I remember walking out of the theatre feeling slightly put out that Eliza didn't end up with Freddie. Higgins was just too <i>old</i>! <br /><br />I watched it again, and was thinking that misogynist or not, Higgins was a darn sight more interesting than Freddie. Talk about perspectives changing over time. :) :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-79811223753297881222015-01-25T00:59:51.537-05:002015-01-25T00:59:51.537-05:00It's been so long since I watched this - I rem...It's been <i>so</i> long since I watched this - I remember watching it perhaps when I was about 12. Loved everything about it, except that I personally thought Rex Harrison too old for his role (yes, callow pre-teen and all, no? If I were to watch it now, I don't think I'd mind. Especially as I remember his acting being very good. And, oh, I <i>love</i> the songs. <i>My Fair Lady</i> and <i>The Sound of Music</i> are the only two films of which I can sing most of the songs - they're all so super. :-) Thanks for reviewing this, Anu - I think I should watch it again.dustedoffnoreply@blogger.com