Lights, camera, action !!! And the magic begins. Fascination, illusion, drama, romance, tragedy, comedy - everything begin, impossible becomes possible, the future becomes the present, giants roared, soldiers martyr, nature destroys, emotions bursts. Cinema has always been captivating me, pulling me into a whole new astonishing world. I am not a film critic, but simply someone who enjoys watching the magic being cast in screen. There are a number of movies that have inspired and deeply affected me. Every time I watch one such movie, my head nods for those extraordinary filmmakers and their extraordinary vision towards the world and human race. In this and a few of the future posts, I would like to mention some of these movies - the list is long and there has been quite some time since I watched many of them. I shall only touch upon some of those that I can think of little more vividly at this moment compared to the rest. But first, in this post, let me recollect the names of some of these stupendous cinematic wonders; those that come to my mind right now are:
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Life is beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella) (1997)
- Dark Knight (2008)
- A beautiful mind (2001)
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- The Pianist (2002)
- Dinabondhu (Assamese) (2005)
- Casablanca (1942)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966)
- Memento (2000)
- Sholay (Hindi) (1975)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
- American History X (1998)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Psycho (1960)
- Léon (1994)
- The Departed (2006)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Braveheart (1995)
- The Sixth Sense (1999)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
- American Gangster (2007)
- Blood Diamond (2006)
- Mystic River (2003)
- Finding Neverland (2004)
- Taare Zameen Par (Hindi) (2007)
- Dil Chahta Hain (Hindi) (2001)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
May be I have missed some of the movies in the above list and shall keep adding them as and when I watch or remember. But all of these films have influenced me deeply in some way or other and they gave me much more than a mode for just time pass !!
