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12 August 2009 (France)
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The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.
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An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw. full summary | full synopsis
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Interview with Nina Paley, Animator and Director of Sita Sings the Blues, a Fantastic Jazz Musical Retelling of the Ramayana
(From Huffington Post. 1 February 2010, 11:37 PM, PST)
Sita Sings the Blues: A Vibrant Ramayana Retelling with Humor and Pathos
(From Huffington Post. 24 January 2010, 10:41 PM, PST)
(From Huffington Post. 1 February 2010, 11:37 PM, PST)
Sita Sings the Blues: A Vibrant Ramayana Retelling with Humor and Pathos
(From Huffington Post. 24 January 2010, 10:41 PM, PST)
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(Credited cast)| Annette Hanshaw | ... | Sita (singing) (archive sound) | |
| Aseem Chhabra | ... | Narrator - Shadow Puppet 1 (voice) | |
| Bhavana Nagulapally | ... | Narrator - Shadow Puppet 2 (voice) | |
| Manish Acharya | ... | Narrator - Shadow Puppet 3 (voice) | |
| Reena Shah | ... | Sita (voice) | |
| Sanjiv Jhaveri | ... | Dave / Dasharatha / Ravana / Dhobi / Valmiki (voice) | |
| Pooja Kumar | ... | Surphanaka (voice) | |
| Debargo Sanyal | ... | Rama (voice) | |
| Aladdin Ullah | ... | Mareecha / Hanuman (voice) | |
| Nitya Vidyasagar | ... | Luv / Kush (voice) | |
| Nina Paley | ... | Nina (voice) | |
| Deepti Gupta | ... | Kaikeyi (voice) |
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The intermission in the movie is a tribute to Bollywood, the Indian Film Industry.
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Biryani
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My comment on the film: Bloody marvelous. "Sita Sings the Blues" shows how one person with a laptop computer and something to say can make a far more satisfying work than 90% of the garbage that gets cranked out by people with a thousand times the money but one-thousandth the inspiration. Whatever its entertainment value (which I found considerable), "Sita..." is a work of ART; it's an individual statement. But it's not simply the "message", either; in terms of execution, Nina Paley made as effective use of this tool (Flash animation) as I would ever expect to see.
My comment on previous comments: Some have suggested that the piece would be "better" if Paley had left out the autobiographical bits, but that's simply nonsense. Her own story is integral to understanding how and why she chose to tell Sita's story the way she did. It isn't simply "background" to the telling of a story from the Ramayana; the piece is a meshing of Sita/Nina. By making the legendary story relevant to one woman's life, we see that it can be relevant to the lives of many. If the "point" of the work were simply to present the Ramayana on film the way "The Ten Commandments" is a filmed presentation of the Book of Exodus, it would be kind of silly to have Sita break into Blues songs in the first place, wouldn't it? Ms. Paley uses Sita's story as raw material, and uses Annette Hanshaw's recordings as raw material, to create something new and personal and totally contemporary.
I can only hope that John Lassiter sees "Sita". Not that I think Pixar has any need to learn anything from Nina Paley, but maybe he can channel some Disney bucks to her so that it won't take her five more years to produce a follow-up. (Just so long as she's allowed total creative control.)