Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured. Also, it features three cleverly interwoven segments, involving unconditional love and being rejected by a soul mate. 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 human experience is also involved, sita is not just a goddess nor is rama not just portrayed as a god. Sita sings the blues, a story telling saga videshi magazine. Sita sings the blues tells the story of rama and sita with a very interesting twist. Watch or download sita sings the blues online for free.
A new animated feature from the creator of sita sings the blues. Sita sings the blues with the subtitles in different languages. Sita, the mythological hindu goddess, has a cartoon avatar in the short film sita sings the blues. Paley puts a lot of emphasis on the unconditional and pure love sita has for rama. Edited introduction to nina paleys 2 hour animated feature. Lampshaded by the shadow puppets, about why sita doesnt escape lanka with hanuman, and instead waits for rama to rescue her instead.
Synopsis who so ever has written the crap below, has omitted the side story of the married couple, without which the movie is incomplete. Most notably the song fans have dubbed sitas fire for lack of an official name. Sita sings is a 2008 animated feature film by nina paley. Nina paleys astonishing animated feature film from 2008. Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved lord and husband rama. Sita sings the blues is an animated feature 72 minutes based on sitas adventures in the ancient indian epic the ramayana. Wikipedia article, commons category, quotes, wikidata item sita sings the blues is an animated feature film following the story of sita from the ramayana with an interleaving of the authors life and a metacommentary by gods or modern men represented by shadowpuppets. It is a huge risk but the only thing worse than a film to not make money is for a film to not be seen and not make money. An animated version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. The animation was very good, especially the psychedelic scenes in the movie. 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. Mediascape ucla school of theater, film and television. Diana ross sings billie holiday and a superstar is born chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer billie holiday.
Ramsitagods, nina paley cc bysa last week, the wall street journal posted a fascinating article on the profits made by nina paley for her film sita sings the blues. I love sita sings the blues for what it has done for my religious education. 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. Youre not going to see sita sings the blues outselling walle at any point in the future, but does that mean nobody would see it. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but i am making it explicit with a creative commons attributionshare alike license updated 1182011. 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. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 american animated musical romantic comedydrama film written, directed, produced and animated by american artist nina paley. Parvatisaraswati saraswati represents intelligence, consciousness, cosmic knowledge, creativity, education, enlightenment, music. Nina paley has made this a very thought provoking movie. I hope to see more films helmed by women, and not just independent ones. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 animated feature film written, directed, produced and animated entirely by american artist nina paley with the exception of some fight animation by jake friedman in the battle of lanka scene primarily using 2d computer graphics. The best way to see sita sings the blues is on a big screen, in a dark room, with other people. I have a deep love for mythology, so here, in order of appearance, the gods in sita sings the blues.
After a run of film festivals, a film based on sanskrit epic sparks turmoil in new york. 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. I used it to make 2k and 4k dcp files, and english and french version files for subtitles. All the great songs and lyrics from the sita sings the blues album ont he webs largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 animated film written, directed, produced and. There are a few differences that i noticed between the ramayana by narayan, and the depiction of it in sita sings the blues. Good animated women done wrong in india a scene from sita sings the blues, directed by nina paley. Sita sings the blues full movie and subtitulos youtube. The film is also explicitly meant to be feminist in a long summary of the film that she released to the press, she described sita sings the blues as a tale of truth, justice, and a womans cry for equal treatment. It was created by nina paley, and the film is, remarkably, almost a solo effort. Sita sings the blues is the story of an american who goes to india and gets broken up with.
I carefully filed it with other movies i will watch when they introduce the 8day week. Technically, sita sings the blues is a wonderful achievement. Sita sings the blues is a launching point of exploration, and while i have mixed feelings about the film, it also has definitely changed my perspective. And in almost every case, the story focuses on prince ramait is after all the ramayana. Subtitles including english, spanish, french, german. Sita sings the blues wikisource, the free online library. And the ingenuity of sita which evokes painting, collage, underground comic books, mumbai musicals and yellow submarine for starters is dazzling. Whatever country youre in, theres sure to be a giftgiving holiday coming soon, so dont delay. Please distribute, copy, share, archive, and show sita sings the blues. Arriving amidst a tidal wave of overblown and frequently charmless big studio efforts, sita sings the blues is a welcome reminder that when it comes to animation bigger isnt necessarily better. It is a really beautifully animated film that is interesting and a powerful force in the animation world. And after a testy fight with some major international corporations, the brainchild of filmmaker nina paley is finally accessible via online distribution and dvd. 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. In sita sings the blues, american cartoonist and animator nina paley turns the spotlight on sita.
From the shared culture it came, and back into the. Also, it features three cleverly interwoven segments, involving unconditional love and being rejected by a. I though sita sings the blues now available for streaming or download was quite good. Nina paley paleys awardwinning 2009 animated musical interpretation of the hindu epic ramayana has earned widespread critical praise, a 100% rating on rottentomatoes, and continued places on bestof lists. In june of 2002 i moved to trivandrum, kerala, india, to be with my american husband whod taken a. 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 history of womankind is a broken record as the same damn things keeping happening over and over again. Ver pelicula sita sings the blues en espanol gratis 2008. Nina paleys sita sings the blues was a case study too. Sita sings the blues vs narayans ramayana ppcc world. Flash authoring files for the featurelength animated film sita sings the blues all the flash authoring.
Since she made it available in public domain, it is available from multiple sources, including several times on youtube. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 film written, produced and directed by nina paley, who also features in the film. Sita sings the blues is a very independent animated film that portrays a portion of the hindu epic the ramayana. Handcrafted by paley over the course of halfadecade, the colorful, minimalist sita became a festival favorite in 2008, but languished because paley couldnt afford to license the songs of 20s jazz singer annette hanshaw for a theatrical. Sita leaves a trail of jewelry as she is kidnapped by ravana so rama can follow her. Filmmaker graham jones nuascannan movement inspired me tremendously to put the film out without any payment or time bound barriers and make it accessible to everyone. In a rather unorthodox fashion, the entire film is created using the adobe animation program flash, something highly irregular for a featurelength film. I got a dvd in the mail, an animated film titled sita sings the blues.
Most of the movie feature sita singing american blues surprise, surprise. Just search for sita soundtrack and youll find it, all free. Media in category sita sings the blues the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. You can find it as a directdownload here, but please if possible use the torrent. The tongueincheek title sita sings the blues is emblematic of precisely such contradiction. It was an version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. Sita sings the blues 2008 animacion subtitulos pegados. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 animated film written, directed, produced and animated by american artist nina paley. Apparently many screening venues now use it themselves. The dvd has audiencecreated subtitles, a directors commentary track, and some bonus tracks. The title is a juxtaposition of fragmented cultural references, a contradiction in terms, suggestive of the films agenda. Sita sings the blues soundtrack explicit various artists.
The whole film is split into four different segments that are interwoven around one another. 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. Rama and sita are the romantic leads in countless hindi movies. Want to know how i got a certain animated effect in sita sings the blues. Subtitles including english, spanish, french, german, russian, chinese, dutch and finnish.
It is an unconventional animated musical that was completely produced by one person over the course of 5 years. Nina paley took the ramayana and created a story that would cater to her own life and situation in sita sings the blues. Sita, a passive mythical figure from ancient india, actively sings the blues. Sita sings the blues is based on the hindu epic the ramayana.
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