But few have more than a superficial grasp of this vast cinematic landscape, which is why Pat Hogan’s Understanding Indian Movies could not have arrived at a more perfect time. “Having a passing acquaintance with Bollywood has become a mark of hipness among Hollywood filmmakers, who have plundered Bollywood’s imagery and energy for commercials, music videos, and feature films. Patrick Hogan provides a crisp and original analysis of this art form from a cognitive point of view.” Jamshed Bharucha, Tufts University “The Bollywood musical is one of the most influential cultural phenomena of our time. The result is a delightfully readable book that will explain much about Indian films to people who thought they knew all about them, and will make many people who thought they never wanted to see an Indian film start watching them.” Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago “Hogan achieves a minor miracle in applying his deep knowledge of classical Indian thought-about emotion and vision and narrative-to the Indian films that he is so clearly mad about, films that run the gamut from high art to pop culture, Muslim and Hindu, in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, and English-all sorts of films.
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