In fact, sita sings the blues is a wonderful way to keep hindu mythology alive. Apr 29, 2009 i got a dvd in the mail, an animated film titled sita sings the blues. The film was released for free download starting in early march, 2009 at all resolutions, including broadcastquality, hd and filmquality image. Dec 25, 2009 sita sings the blues, nina paleys new film, which arrives in new york on friday trailing festival love, is certainly ambitious and visually loaded. The movie is about sita, the hindu goddess from the epic the ramayana, who accompanies lord rama on a 14 year exile in forest. 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. For example, animator nina paley, not some faceless marketing team, created the trailer for her wonderful sita sings the blues, which at the time had no apparent shot at any kind of legitimate release, due to musicclearance issues. In a rather unorthodox fashion, the entire film is created using the adobe animation program flash, something highly irregular for a featurelength film. To the extent possible under law, nina paley has waived all and related or neighboring rights to sita sings the blues. An animated version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved lord and husband rama. Mar 29, 2012 the history of womankind is a broken record as the same damn things keeping happening over and over again. Sita sings the blues is being made available for download by nina paley here.
Watch sita sings the blues 2008 full movie free online. 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. Nov 21, 2014 nina paley took the ramayana and created a story that would cater to her own life and situation in sita sings the blues. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to india, then dumps her by email. In sita sings the blues, american cartoonist and animator nina paley turns the spotlight on sita. In 2009, however, i began to reconsider my blanket disapproval of the use of. The human experience is also involved, sita is not just a goddess nor is rama not just portrayed as a god. And in almost every case, the story focuses on prince ramait is after all the ramayana. Want to know how i got a certain animated effect in sita sings the blues. Sita sings the blues vs narayans ramayana ppcc world. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 american animated musical romantic comedydrama film written. Presented through a variety of animation styles and narrative tones, it fuses apparently disparate ideas and sources into a unified whole.
Rama and sita are the romantic leads in countless hindi movies. Technically, sita sings the blues is a wonderful achievement. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 american animated musical romantic comedydrama film written, directed, produced and animated by american artist nina paley. Hindu restiveness over representation of the faith in western culture has grown over the years. Its cute and simple and yet incorporates multiple layers to tell one legendary story. Just search for sita soundtrack and youll find it, all free. Sita sings the blues is a musical, animated personal interpretation of the indian epic. I have a deep love for mythology, so here, in order of appearance, the gods in sita sings the blues. Nina paley took the ramayana and created a story that would cater to her own life and situation in sita sings the blues. The history of womankind is a broken record as the same damn things keeping happening over and over again. Sita sings the blues 2009 i only recently became aware of this film that tells in animated form the story of the epic poem the ramayana that, along with the mahabharatha, provides much of the foundational myths of hindus and india. Whatever country youre in, theres sure to be a giftgiving holiday coming soon, so dont delay. Mar 05, 2009 sita sings the blues rights i saw a screening with nina in attendance last week.
All the great songs and lyrics from the sita sings the blues album ont he webs largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. Also, it features three cleverly interwoven segments, involving unconditional love and being rejected by a. The dvd has audiencecreated subtitles, a directors commentary track, and some bonus tracks. Told through four different animation styles, involving the filmmakers story, the sita story, three shadow figures giving humorous commentary on the sita story, and my personal favorite, parts.
Sita sings the blues, the first featurelength movie animated and directed by nina paley, sometime cartoonist, graphic artist and animator, is not without its flaws, but what it lacks in absolute perfection it makes up for and then some in ambition and passion. See the sita sites page for the complete, communitymaintained list of where sita sings the blues can be found online. 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 2008 american animated musical romantic comedy drama film written. But i want to get the version with the director commentary and havent figured out how to do that and burn on a single dvd or even download a version with only the commentary. It was an version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. I got a dvd in the mail, an animated film titled sita sings the blues. Paley puts a lot of emphasis on the unconditional and pure love sita has for rama. Nina paley is an animator whose husband moves to india, then. 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. Sita sings the blues tells the story of rama and sita with a very interesting twist. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but i am making it explicit with a creative commons.
I carefully filed it with other movies i will watch when they introduce the 8day week. Sita sings the blues rights i saw a screening with nina in attendance last week. 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. This holds true no matter how noble anybodys intentions are, it turns out. Sita sings the blues is a highly regarded independent animated film ive wanted to see since it was originally announced but despite an infectious energy and some humorous moments i was a little disappointed by the end results. You know youre in for a treat the minute you see the level of animation in sita sings the blues. Discovering sita sings the blues free software magazine. With annette hanshaw, aseem chhabra, bhavana nagulapally, manish acharya. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 animated film written, directed, produced and animated by american artist nina paley. Arriving amidst a tidal wave of overblown and frequently charmless big studio efforts, sita sings the blues is a welcome reminder that when it.
The dvd of sita sings the blues also has a collection of the movies soundtrack which is absolutely charming. Sita sings the blues, a story telling saga videshi magazine. There are a few differences that i noticed between the ramayana by narayan, and the depiction of it in sita sings the blues. It is a jovial and permanently shifting retelling of the famous indian tale of ramayana. Sita sings the blues original full movie 720p youtube. It is a really beautifully animated film that is interesting and a powerful force in the animation world. Argentina 4 september 2009 buenos aires festival of film for children and youth usa 23 october 2009 san diego asian film festival usa 25 december 2009 new york city. 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. First conceived in the wake of her divorce, the film is a retelling of part of the indiana epic ramayana, in which lord rama.
The thing that instantly strikes you about the film is the permanently. Sita sings the blues is an animated movie made a jewish woman reflecting on a difficult break up through the story of sita and rama from the ramayana. Sita sings is a 2008 animated feature film by nina paley. Nina paleys delicious sita sings the blues finds solace in autobiography and an animated gold mine in the caverns of an ancient sanskrit epic. You may want to ask in ask the tropers about whether its safe to recreate. Parvatisaraswati saraswati represents intelligence, consciousness, cosmic knowledge, creativity, education, enlightenment, music. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but i am making it explicit with a creative commons attributionshare alike license updated 1182011. And after a testy fight with some major international corporations, the brainchild of filmmaker nina paley is finally accessible via online distribution and dvd or watch it here on youtube the cheeky reinvention of one of indias oldest epics, the ramayana, sita sings the blues uses. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the indian epic ramayana. It is an unconventional animated musical that was completely produced by one person over the course of 5 years. Sita sings the blues soundtrack explicit various artists. The best way to see sita sings the blues is on a big screen, in a dark room, with other people.
Get hold of the dvd to learn more about annette hanshaw and for an audio interview with nina paley, where she discusses how the idea came to her, and more about her autobiographical story in the film. Jan 03, 2016 an animated version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. Also, it features three cleverly interwoven segments, involving unconditional love and being rejected by a soul mate. Sita sings the blues is based on the hindu epic the ramayana. Flash authoring files for the featurelength animated film sita sings the blues all the flash authoring. Jul, 2017 in fact, sita sings the blues is a wonderful way to keep hindu mythology alive. Im not a tekkie by any mean but was able to download and burn the 720 on one dvd using free software free easy burner from koyote and plays perfect in my dvd player. Nina paley has made this a very thought provoking 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. Media in category sita sings the blues the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. Interview with nina paley, animator and director of sita sings the.
We are planning to hopefully launch a kickstarter campaign soon to bring about an official, highquality bluray printing of sita sings the blues. Sita, the mythological hindu goddess, has a cartoon avatar in the short film sita sings the blues. 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. 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. 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. 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. Sita sings the blues by selftaught animator nina paley, may be the first featurelength animated film released under a free license the creative commons bysa. From the shared culture it came, and back into the. We dont have an article named main sitasingstheblues, exactly. She explained that the rights to the music were really quite reasonable until she synchronized the singing with the. Paley has found a way to mix the two most strikingly opposite forms of art the blues and traditional indian mythology in a way that. Jan 01, 2010 i cant figure out whos selling this it theoretically could be some cdbaby related thing, from which we the creators get no money because cdbaby is a byzantine and dysfunctional corporation. Interview with nina paley, animator and director of sita sings the blues. May 22, 2009 sita sings the blues is being made available for download by nina paley here.
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