Merchant-Ivory month on TCM network (Sept. 2011)

[filmifan]

American network TCM is featuring Merchant-Ivory films every Thursday for the month of September.

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/430514%7C430598/Introduction-to-50-Years-of-Merchant-Ivory.html

Films include The Householder, Bombay Talkie, In Custody, The Courtesans of Bombay (Zohra Sehgal!!), the Helen documentary, ..... etc. etc.

[Prem Rogue]

Been meaning to catch some of those films, like In Custody, Shakespearewallah, and the Helen documentary. Thanks for the heads up.

Last night I watched a Merchant-Ivory film that isn't on that lineup called Slaves of New York, which I thought was a huge bore. Its about a bunch of Bohemian artists living in NY in the late 1980s. While I don't demand that characters be likeable, I do demand that they be interesting and do or say interesting things. This movie felt like a bad student film.

[Ms. Chandni]

Last night I watched a Merchant-Ivory film that isn't on that lineup called Slaves of New York, which I thought was a huge bore. Its about a bunch of Bohemian artists living in NY in the late 1980s. While I don't demand that characters be likeable, I do demand that they be interesting and do or say interesting things. This movie felt like an bad student film.

It was based on a bad, over-hyped book.  Don't get me started on the premise that being boho, in and of itself, makes one interesting.

[filmifan]

Perhaps that's why TCM gave it a pass (or they're saving it for a future Underground slot). Looking it up on Wikipedia, it sounds like critics at the time agreed with Prem Rogue.

[rubicon]

Oh, this sounds great! Thanks for sharing, filmifan. I've seen The Householder already, but I've been meaning to watch Shakespeare Wallah for some time.

[tanya]

I've seen The Householder already, but I've been meaning to watch Shakespeare Wallah for some time.

Me too!

I had just noticed the line-up for Sept. 1st and came here to post about it. The schedule for Sept 29th looks great too.
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2011-09-29

[Savera]

I'm looking forward to this! Thanks very mich for posting, filmifan!

[Honeycomb]

I'm DVR-ing Shakespeare Wallah and Bombay Talkies tonight. I've never seen them so I'm excited! 

[DCgal]

I found Bollywood through TCM - a BW festival about a decade ago.  All it took was 3/4 of Junglee (I missed the beginning) and I was hooked!
RIP Shammi, I have a lot to thank you for...

[filmifan]

I found Bollywood through TCM - a BW festival about a decade ago.

Same here! Except DDLJ happened to be the first of the lineup that I watched. And IIRC, Ismail Merchant was the cohost for it.

[dustdevil]

Same here! Except DDLJ happened to be the first of the lineup that I watched. And IIRC, Ismail Merchant was the cohost for it.

I watched DDLJ, DCH, Rangeela and Mother India during that lineup. It would be great if they re-aired some of Merchant's introductions as part of this series.

[DCgal]

I watched DDLJ, DCH, Rangeela and Mother India during that lineup. It would be great if they re-aired some of Merchant's introductions as part of this series.

I watched Junglee, Bombay and Rangeela on that festival.  And immediately after went to rent DCH...and...that was all she wrote.