Lady Bird Movie Review

Credits: imdb.com

Name- Mayank Arora
Movie- Lady Bird
Director- Greta Gerwig
Genre- Drama
Year Of Release- 2017


Lady Bird is a coming of age drama directed by debutant director Greta Gerwig starring Saorise Ronan, Laurie Matcalf, Timothee Chalamet, and Beanie Feldstein in the lead roles. The movie starts with a quote by Joan Didion, an American essayist, and at that moment, you know that you are going to witness something different.

Lady Bird follows the story of an independent girl named Christine, who calls herself “Lady Bird”. The movie revolves around the ups and downs during her teenage life, showcasing the mother- daughter relationship, friendships, relationships, and the mistakes committed by her.Most of the coming of age dramas show the parents as negative or antagonist who oppose their dependents from fulfilling their dreams. But in Lady Bird, the perspective of both teenagers and parents has been shown. Thus, the plot of this movie is fresh, and quite different from other coming of age films.


The major theme in the movie is the conflict between “Conservatives and Liberals”. In the movie, the mother is of conservative mindset, while her daughter is an independent girl who wants to fulfill her dream of escaping from her city and becoming an artist. The other theme of the movie is the mother- daughter relationship which is beautifully shown in this movie. Even though they quarrel on the outside, but deep in their hearts, there is only love. This movie is also a love letter to the city of Sacramento, the importance of which is realized only when the character moves away from it.


Greta Gerwig has handled the task of directing brilliantly by making such plot and characters which feel real. This movie is also influenced by her life, as she spent her teenage life in Sacramento studying in a Catholic School, as shown in the movie. This film becomes more important as it’s a female centric film made from the view of a female director. The colour scheme of the movie is such that each frame looks like a memory. So, this vivid colour scheme takes the audience on a nostalgia trip.


There are a few films which affects you at many levels. And Lady Bird is one of them. It wills with you for long, and will leave you satisfied. So, all in all, it is a must watch for everyone. I am going with 9/10 for Lady Bird.

Interview

Interview:

I conducted the interview of my friend Achintya. I asked him following questions to which he gave his reply.

1.What is the meaning of your name?
It means something which is beyond our imagination.

2.What are your hobbies?
I likes going out and exploring new places. I also like playing games and watching shows.

3.What is the best moment in your life?
It was the time when I visited water park and took many water rides. It was a really fun filled experience.

4.What is your view on the existence of god?
I am not sure whether god exists or not, but I believes that there is some power which is responsible for the happenings in the world.

5.What is your dream destination?
It’s Japan because I love watching anime. So, I want to go there and also explore the culture of that place.

6.Is there any skill you are currently working on?
I am currently working on my mimicry. I can mimic few people but I am trying to polish this skill.

7.Whom do you admire in your life?
I admire Virat kohli, the captain of the Indian cricket team. I like his aggression and his dedication.

8.What is your scariest experience?
It was the time when there was a curfew in my city. There were police vehicles all over the place. I felt really scared at that time.

9.What is your aim in life?
I want to earn good amount of money and stay happy all the time because happiness is the most important part in the life

10.Where do you see yourself after college?

After college I am thinking of doing post graduate course to get further knowledge in the area of my interest.

30 Questions For An Interview

Interview with Christopher Noloan

1.Tell me something about your family background.

2.How were you as a child?

3.What was your favorite subject in school?

4.What are your hobbies other than filmmaking?

5.At what age did you start watching movies?

6.Which was the movie which inspired you to enter the film making industry?

7.Whose work as a director do you admire the most and why?

8.What is your dream project?

9.Which Bollywood actor would you like to work with?

10.How do you get such mind blowing ideas for a film?

11.What is your experience of working on the set?

12.Why do you prefer IMAX release for your movies?

13.Why do you prefer to have Michael Kane in all your movies?

14.What drives you as a filmmaker?

15.How would you describe your narrative style in films?

16.Which film did you like the most in the year 2019?

17.How do you use time as a narrative tool in your movies?

18.Background score is an integral part of your film. How do you use it effectively to increase tension?

19.You are known to work with Hans Zimmer. Share some memorable moments with him while working on a film project.

20.How do you manage all the departments simultaneously while making a movie?

21.What are your views on the uprising of foreign language cinema these days?

22.What can we expect from your upcoming release ‘Tenet’?

23.How was your experience of shooting in India for your movie Tenet?

24.Dimple Kapadia is working with you for the movie Tenet. How was your experience of working with her?

25.What are you currently binging?

26.Which movies would you recommend the audience to watch?

27.How do you convert your vision into a reality?

28.What are your views on the rapidly growing online streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+?

29.What was the lowest point in your life and career?

30.How can young filmmakers enter the industry and what is your advice to them?

Learnings from Larry King Interview

Through the interview of Larry King given to Cenk Uygar , we come to know about his style of taking interviews and why he is known as the legend of interviewing people. The first thing which he pays attention to while taking interview isbto ask short and simple questions, which are also logical. For example- if he is taking the interview of a Doctor, he would be interested to ask questions like ‘ What do you feel during a war scenario?’. This means that he asks those questions which are related to the profession of the person who is being interviewed. Along with this, he listens to what the other person is saying, and then he prepares the next question in his mind. The other quality of his interviewing style is caring about the feeling of others. He make the person being interviewed feel comfortable and relaxed, so that the interview can be conducted smoothly. Thus, we can see that asking simple and logical questions and making the other person comfortable is the key to take a good interview.

Campus News

Christ University Offers Open Electives

Christ University offered open electives to the students to choose for this semester on 20th November by both online and offline means.

The list of the available electives were displayed to the students on 19th November in their student login. This was done for the students to decide the elective which they were going to choose. The list consisted of both generic and skill electives. Generic electives included courses like Financial Marketing, Investing, Digital Marketing,etc. And the skill electives included skillful courses like languages such as Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese, Playback Theatre, etc. For this semester, new courses such as corporate soft skills and job skills were also available for the students to choose. The Corporate Soft Skills course will help the students to improve their skills such as communication, leadership, public speaking, etc. And the job skills course will help the students to learn skills such as resume writing, better presentation during interview, improving their work performance, etc.

All the courses which were offered had different costs. Some were available for Rs 1500, some for Rs 3000, and course such as Playback Theatre was available for Rs 6000. The online payment was accepted only through the SIB( South Indian Bank) card which all the students have received earlier. All of these courses had limited seats like 10 or 15.

The link for selecting the open elective was opened at 5:00 pm on 20th November. Since then, there was a chaos among the students to book their electives online, so that they can get the course which they desired. Many students found it difficult to book their electives online because of heavy traffic on the university website. Most of the courses got filled within minutes after the link was opened. Also, many of the students could not get their desired electives. And those students who couldn’t book their elective online had to go to the office and stand in a long que to pay the amount offline and select their elective.

These open electives are on two or three days in a week. Students will get credits on completion of the electives. These electives are helpful for the students and allows them to learn something new and creative. Also, it is compulsory for the first year students to complete at least 2 electives, among which one must be a generic elective. It is expected that these electives will commence from the upcoming week.

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