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29 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Touching, exciting, innovative film Jul 15, 2009
By Jaideep Punjabi
I had the pleasure of checking out the film at a Festival in New York. The animation has a unique home made, heartfelt and endearing quality. It is visually delightful. The juxtaposition of the director's contemporary, emotional journey alongside a character from hindu mythology is a remarkably difficult to execute. She pulls it of with sensitivity and transports the audience to a period in her life. The use of witty shadow puppets as narrators is fantastic and I strongly recommend the film. It is an enjoyable, mature, non-disney like use of animation which is rare. The vision is undeniable and I am looking forward to see what the filmmaker does next.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Charming, Lush, Amazing. Oct 25, 2009
By Rynona Wyder
Imagine a Betty Boop-embodied Hindu goddess, batting obscenely gigantic eyes in an A.D.D.-friendly, cleverly-animated Indian folktale/comedic tragedy. Sita's Mystery Science Theater-style commentary is mashed with a San Francisco love-story; overlain with the sexy, smoky 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw; and is all elegantly woven into a colorful, creative, masterpiece landmark in illustrative storytelling.
Talented animator Nina Paley further exhibits badassness by redefining copyright definitions and movie distribution, and by encouraging free public screenings.
Support new media distribution, and enjoy this amazing film.
19 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Amazing depth Jul 21, 2009
By Ramesh Ramaswamy
"Ramesh"
A film of amazing emotional depth , Sita Sings the Blues is not merely animated personal mythology. The film combines the creative talents of cartoonist Nina Paley with a selection of (what are now) standards from the 1920's Blues singer Annette Hanshaw (think Bessie smith without the lugubriousness) and some honest pictorial rendering of the Indian myth "The Ramayana".
Sita Sings the Blues is Pre-Cinema. If much of today's Hollywood film scripting owes itself to comic books, this film fits easily within the creative embryo of the genre and produces a minimalist ,illustrated video comic that blends disparate audio and visual styles with a narrative personal mythology , so original that it is capable of influencing a whole genration of artists and filmmakers.
Sita's story (the Ramayana is a very well known tale and Ill skip repeating the epic here) has always been the lost voice in the telling of the epic. "The blues" corrects this historical slight in a very satisfying way.
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9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Beautiful, funny, tragic, unique - a must see! Jul 20, 2009
By dafilmmaker
An incredible film, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, always entertaining. I was impressed that such totally different elements - a tragic Hindu epic, a failed modern marriage, a 1920's blues singer and an eclectic assortment of animation styles - could all blend together so seamlessly. A must see!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
This is a Free movie Jan 20, 2010
By Edward A. Kim
I'll add my own lauds to the mass and say that I loved this movie. It's somewhat bizarre and you may feel inclined to turn it off if you just watch the first few seconds and weren't sure what you were getting into, but after the titles, the story immediately grabs you, starting off with the midnight cat demanding food. So funny.
Now what I haven't seen mentioned by anyone is that this movie is provided by the Creative Commons license and is a free downloadable movie. You may freely download this movie. The official site ([...]/) has a page of downloads and streaming sites. There is also a donation page where you may donate directly to the creator.
I encourage everyone to spread this around so that the film can get the exposure it deserves. Movies like this may find a nice audience eventually. But with it being freely distributable, hopefully it can find a bigger audience faster.
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