Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" hits the
ground running. This is a
breathless, exciting story,
heartbreaking and exhilarating at the same time, about
a Mumbai orphan who
rises from rags to riches on the
strength of his lively intelligence. The film’s universal
appeal presents the
real India to millions of moviegoers
for the first time.
The real
India, supercharged with a plot as reliable
and eternal as the hills. The film’s surface is so dazzling
that
you hardly realize how traditional it is underneath.
But it's the buried structure that pulls us through the
story
like a big engine on a short train.
By the real India, I
don't mean an unblinking
documentary like Louis Malle's "Calcutta" or the recent
"Born Into
Brothels." I mean the real India of social levels
that seem to be separated by centuries. What do
people
think of when they think of India? On the one hand,
Mother Teresa, "Salaam Bombay!" and the
wretched of
the earth. On the other, the "Masterpiece Theater"-style
images of "A Passage to
India," "Gandhi" and "The Jewel
in the Crown."
The film
uses dazzling cinematography, breathless
editing, driving music and headlong momentum to
explode with
narrative force, stirring in a romance at the
same time.
EBERT, R.
Disponível em: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com. Acesso em: 11 abr. 2011 (adaptado).
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filme indiano “Slumdog
Millionaire". Segundo a resenha apresentada, a história
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