The real love story

Love Story, Filem 1970

Petang tadi seperti biasa, saya menonton Oprah. Frust sebab Rancangan Talk show kesukaan saya ini sudah mencapai tahun akhir, tanpa saya berkesempatan melihat sendiri di sana! Adui. Rancangan hari ini membawa saya kembali kepada zaman kegemilangan Filem 'Love Story' lakonan Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland dan Tommy Lee Jones . Well, saya tidak berhajat mengulas cerita ini (anda boleh baca di petikan drp wikipedia) yang kali pertama saya tonton pada lewat tahun 1980-an ketika saya masih berada di bangku sekolah menengah. Pada masa itu saya tinggal di asrama, lazimnya sebulan sekali, kami akan berkesempatan menonton di asrma, di mana tayangan filem akan dipancarkan di dinding sekokal, dengan bayaran 50 sen sahaja. Kami akan membawa kerusi, makanan atau minuman sendiri sebagai 'cacan' untuk dimakan. Seronoknya bukan main sebab pada masa itu memang tidak pernah menonton wayang. (panggung hanya kerusi kayu, di Langkawi belum ada panggung wayang, even di bandar di mana sekolah asrama saya di Alor Setar, panggung wayang pun, hanya ada satu buah. (kerusi keras, kayu ooo)

Dengan membayar 50 sen, anda mendapat tempat duduk yang enak (enak ke, kerusi plastik), ada yg membawa tikar dan boleh berbaring, tapi kadangkala terlindung dek orang lain. Jadi, berkerusi plastik adalah keseronokan yang tidak terbayang. Saya ingat lagi beberapa tajuk fielm yang pernah ditayangkan, 'Jaws 1', 'Jaws 2', 'dogs', 'Love Story', 'Carrie' dan 'the sound of music'. Berbalik kepada filem tadi, dengan bayaran semurah itu (actually mahal juga waktu tu, sebab saya hanya diberi duit poket 20.00 sebulan.. ha ha ha, makanan dibayar 30.00 sebulan, sudah tentu dengan subsidi kerajaan, manalah dapat makan dengan bayaran 30.00, hanya rm 1.00 sehari, 4 kali makan: sarapan, tengah hari, petang dan malam) saya akan mendapat hiburan, makan, dan tangisan secara percuma. Pada masa itu dengan acsess hiburan dan info terhad, tidak pula tahu yang filem itu mendapat pencalonan oscar (7 pencalonan) dan merupakan filem terhebat era itu!

Saya pernah menonton kembali filem hebat ini pada tahun-tahun 1990-an dan masih menangis seperti kali pertama menonton (being sentimental and stupido: perkataan stupid terlalu berbaur bodoh, agaknya, ha ha ha)

Menonton oprah. bukan sahaja mengembalikan kenangan terhadap filem ini, as being young and kind (selalunya orang sebut being young and wild, tetapi saya masa budak2 sangat naif, saya rasa semua budak2 zaman saya begitu.. dan saya masih begitu.. :) ) Oprah bukan sahaja menyatukan kembali pelakon utamanya (actually dah lama dah, baru masuk ke astro) rupanya, Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, pernah dilaporkan 'mencuba bercinta', tapi Ali menolak cinta O'neal.. (he he)..

Dan cerita disebaliknya lebih menyentuh hati saya. Wanita disebalik filem ini sebenarnya adalah Janet Sussman Gartner menggantikan watak dalam filem itu, Jenny Cavilleri. Janet bersekolah bersama dengan Erich Segal, dan selepas dia ke kolej, Erich menulis beliau surat-surat cinta, dengan kata-kata mereka akan berkahwin dalam masa 10 tahun. Malangnya
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Erich's prediction was wrong—Janet married another man. "I had been married for five years, and in the middle of the night, [I] was fast asleep and the phone rang," she says. "I picked it up, and all I heard was a raspy voice saying: 'I just wrote you my last love letter. It's about 150 pages long.' I didn't know what he was talking about until the next day when the book came out, and then the movie followed the book."

Jadi walaupun ..(.Erich passed away in January 2010, and he died without ever confirming or denying whether Janet was really his "Jenny." "Let's just keep the mystery going," Janet says. "It's something that I will always be extremely proud, grateful and astonished that this happened to me, and I'm glad my children can share it with me.") saya tetap beranggapan filem ini dibuat sebagai lambang cinta Erich terhadap Janet. Oooww, romantiknya! Apabia seseorang menulis sebuah buku dan filem untuk diri kita! Adusss... Wataknya dimatikan dalam filem sebagai lambang bahawa watak/ wanita ini juga turut mati dalam angan-angannya, mungkin! Tragis tetapi romantik! Mahu tahu lebih lanjut tentang filem dan cerita Janet, silalah baca petikan di bawah...

Petikan: Wikipedia.

Love Story is a 1970 romantic drama film written by Erich Segal and directed by Arthur Hiller. The film, well known as a tragedy, is considered one of the most romantic of all time by the American Film Institute (#9 on the list), and was followed by a sequel, Oliver's Story during 1978. Love Story starred Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, and Ray Milland and is also the film debut of Tommy Lee Jones with a minor role.

The novel also includes the double meaning of a love story between Oliver and his father.

The film tells of Oliver Barrett IV, who comes from a family of wealthy and well-respected Harvard University graduates. At Radcliffe library, the Harvard student meets and falls in love with Jennifer Cavalleri, a working-class, quick-witted Radcliffe College student. Upon graduation from college, the two decide to marry against the wishes of Oliver's father, who thereupon severs ties with his son.

Without his father's financial support, the couple struggles to pay Oliver's way through Harvard Law School with Jenny working as a private school teacher. They rent the top floor of a house near the Law School at 119 Oxford Street, in the Agassiz neighborhood of Cambridge, adjacent to a local laundromat. Graduating third in his class at Harvard Law, Oliver takes a position at a respectable New York law firm.

With Oliver's new income, the pair of 24-year-olds decide to have a child. After failing, they consult a medical specialist, who after repeated tests, informs Oliver that Jenny is ill and will soon die. While this is not stated explicitly, she appears to have leukemia.

As instructed by his doctor, Oliver attempts to live a "normal life" without telling Jenny of her condition. Jenny nevertheless discovers her ailment after confronting her doctor about her recent illness. With their days together numbered, Jenny begins costly cancer therapy, and Oliver soon becomes unable to afford the multiplying hospital expenses. Desperate, he seeks financial relief from his father. When the senior Barrett asks if he needs the money because he got some girl "in trouble," Oliver says yes instead of telling his father the truth about Jenny's condition.

From her hospital bed, Jenny speaks with her father about funeral arrangements, then asks for Oliver. She tells him to avoid blaming himself, and asks him to embrace her tightly before she dies. They lie together on the hospital bed.

The novel also includes the double meaning of a love story between Oliver and his father, highlighted by the scene between Oliver and his father at the end of the book. When Mr. Barrett realizes that Jenny is ill and that his son borrowed the money for her, he immediately sets out for New York. By the time he reaches the hospital, Jenny is dead. Mr. Barrett apologizes to his son, who replies with something Jenny once told him: "Love means never having to say you're sorry."

Petikan: Oprah, Love Story Reunion

When Love Story first became a pop culture phenomenon, women across the country wanted to be Jenny Cavilleri. What many people don't know, including Ali and Ryan, is a woman named Janet Sussman Gartner says she's the inspiration for this unforgettable character.

"I was born in Brooklyn, and I attended school with Erich Segal," Janet says. "I went off to college, and Erich wrote me love letters."

Despite Erich's romantic overtures, Janet wasn't interested. "I had absolutely no romantic feelings for him," she says. Still, Erich persisted. "He said, 'I predict in 10 years we'll be married.'"

Erich's prediction was wrong—Janet married another man. "I had been married for five years, and in the middle of the night, [I] was fast asleep and the phone rang," she says. "I picked it up, and all I heard was a raspy voice saying: 'I just wrote you my last love letter. It's about 150 pages long.' I didn't know what he was talking about until the next day when the book came out, and then the movie followed the book."

Although Jenny dies at the end of Love Story, Janet is alive and well and is the mother of three. "I think that his writing the book and killing her was killing me off the pedestal and acknowledging that he was never going to accomplish or get whatever dream he had," Janet says.

Erich passed away in January 2010, and he died without ever confirming or denying whether Janet was really his "Jenny." "Let's just keep the mystery going," Janet says. "It's something that I will always be extremely proud, grateful and astonished that this happened to me, and I'm glad my children can share it with me."

My Name is Khan:film

Hari ini saya berpeluang menonton Film ini: My name is Khan. Wow! Bagus giler. Entah mengapa, peminat filem dan cinema seperti saya boleh terlepas menonton filem yang sebegini bagus. Saya belum pernah membaca dan mendengar tentang 'Asperger's syndrome'..kali pertama mendengar dan mengetahui tentangnya(actually dalam group autisme- that the most yang pernah saya tahu)
Jalan ceritanya berkisah dengan periustiwa 11/9 yang berlaku, bagaimana permusuhan Islam dan duinia luar yang menjadikan "islam" sebagai target kerana perkataan dan perbuatan "jihad" yang disalah ertikan. It's very beautidul film, sangat menyentuh perasaan, hampir banjir rumah. Yang paling saya best, tiada tarian hindustan yang saya paling tidak suka. Rasanya agak membuang masa melihat tarian yang lama (agaknya 5 minit kali 6 lagu)Itu satu budaya, saya fahami hal tersebut, saya bukan tidak sukakan tarian hindustan, tapi saya tidak suka tarian.... itu sahaja masalahnya. Sebab itu saya kurang menonton cerita hindustan: sebab banyak tariannya.
Cuma satu perkara sahaja yang tidak saya setuju membenarkan perkahwinan antara muslim dan bukan muslim berlaku. Menyedari sangat hal ini dibolehkan di negara-negara luar terutamanya Amrerika Syarika malah India juga (perkahwinan secara register membenarkan mana-mana agama berkahwin walaupun berbeza agama)Padahal agama Islam menyebut: Rukun perkahwinan/Rukun Nikah, syarat pertama mestilah sesama muslim. Tidak mengikut rukun bermakna perkahwinan tidak sah dilakukan. Barangkali hanya mengikut 'nature' negara luar bukannya Agama Islam.
Bercakap mengenai moral / kemanusiaannya, I have to say : it's beautiful.. (mungkin sudah terlambat kot) Saya rasa, saya tidak akan teragak-agak untuk menonton 3 kali lagi.. (the most yang saya nonton kalau filem itu bagi saya bagus) Lebih bagus lagi bagaimana seorang ibu yang yakin dapat mengibah pandangan orang lain terhadap anaknya yang mengidap sindrom Asperger, dapat belajar berdikari dan menghadapi dunia yang menjadi begitu menakutkan baginya. (Pengidap merasa takut akan suasana luar, orang luar, bunyi bising, warna kuning dan objek bersegi dan tajam serta tidak dapat ekspress their feeling melalui perkataan dan perbuatan mereka...)Tidak dapat membayangkan bagaimana mengharungi dunia yang penuh 'kekuningan', 'stranger','loud musics, sounds'dan bahaya dengan sindrom ini. Perkara baik tentang sindrom ini adalah pembawanya sebenarnya intelegent, dapat mengingati fakta dan agak lurus orangnya. Dia mengharungi kehidupan dengan bersikap baik dan menolak kejahatan, as Rizvan

Berfikir tentang sindrom ini, penuh rasa kesyukuran kepada Allah, that I'm perfect (in other word, tidak mempunyai sindrom yang pelik. But a part of me: saya tahu saya ada mengidap sindrom ini, he he he.. saya tidak suka bising, tension giler. Budak bising dalam kelas pun, saya rasa sakit kepala.

So di bawah ini info filemnya dan sinosis, tapi let me tell u one more timeL: memang tak rugi menyaksikan film ini.

Sinopsis.

Rizwan Khan (Shahrukh Khan) is a Muslim child who grew up with his brother Zakir and his mother (Zarina Wahab) in a middle class family in the Borivali section of Mumbai. Rizwan is different from other children as he has autism. However, he has certain gifts, particularly a special ability to repair things. His difference leads to special tutoring from a reclusive scholar and extra attention from his mother, all which leads to a heightened level of jealousy from his brother Zakir, who eventually leaves his family for a life in the United States .

Despite this resentment, as an adult Zakir (Jimmy Shergill) sponsors Rizwan (Shahrukh Khan) to come and live with him in San Francisco after the death of their mother. It is at this time that Zakir's wife, Haseena (Sonya Jehan) diagnoses Rizwan as having Asperger's syndrome. Rizwan also begins to work for Zakir and in the process he meets a Hindu woman, Mandira (Kajol) and her young son, Sameer or Sam (Yuvaan Makaar), from a previous marriage. Mandira is a hairdresser by profession. Despite Zakir's hostility to the match, they marry and settle down in the fictional town of Banville, where both Mandira and Sameer take Rizwan's last name as their own. They also live next door to the Garrick family. Sameer is close to their young son, Reese (Kenton Duty and Michael Arnold) while Mark (Dominic Renda) is a reporter and Sarah (Katie A. Keane) is a friend of Mandira.

The Khan's perfect existence gets disrupted, however, after the September 11 attacks on the twin towers in New York City. Mark goes to cover the war in Afghanistan and dies there. At the same time, the Khan family begins to experience post 9-11 prejudice in their community and Reese begins to turn against Sam as well. One afternoon, an argument between them turns into a racially motivated schoolyard fight between Sameer and a number of older students. Reese tries to stop the fight but is held back and Sam dies from his injuries. A shattered Mandira blames Rizwan for his death stating that Sameer "died only because his name was Khan." She then tells Rizwan that she no longer wants to be with him. When he asks her what he has to do to be together with Mandira, she tells him that he has to tell the people of the United States and the President that his name is Khan and that he is not a terrorist .

Rizwan thus sets out on a journey that takes him from one US state to another, in order to first meet President George W. Bush and later President-elect Barack Obama. During this quest, he travels to Wilhemina, Georgia and befriends Mama Jenny and her son Joel. Later, in Los Angeles, he prays in a Mosque and overhears violent rhetoric from Faisal Rahman (Arif Zakaria). He reports this to the FBI but there is no response at that moment. Later, while waiting in a crowd to meet President Bush and repeating again and again, "My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist," Rizwan is arrested and placed in a prison by police who misinterpret his statement.

While in the prison he is tortured as a terrorist suspect and meets the psychiatrist Radha (Sheetal Menon) who believes he is innocent. He is later released after a media campaign by some Indian student reporters Raj (Arjun Mathur) and Komal (Sugandha Garg) and Bobby Ahuja (Parvin Dabas), who prove his innocence by unearthing his attempts to inform the FBI about Faisal Rahman. After his release, he returns to hurricane-hit Wilhemina to help Mama Jenny and her son. His efforts attract media attention and numerous Muslims come to help as well. At the same time, Reese confesses to Mandira and reveals the identity of the boys who beat up Sam. She informs Detective Garcia (Benny Nieves) who has been assisting her on the case, and Detective Garcia arrests them.

After they are brought to justice, she joins Rizwan in Georgia. At the moment she arrives, Rizwan is stabbed by a follower of Faisal Rahman and is rushed to the hospital. With Mandira's help, Rizwan survives and meets President-elect Barack Obama (Christopher B. Duncan) who tells him: "Your name is Khan and you are not a terrorist . "


Info Filem

My Name Is Khan (Hindi: माय नेम इज़ ख़ान);[3] commonly referred to as MNIK,[4] is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Karan Johar, with a screenplay by Shibani Bathija, produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Gauri Khan, and starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol,[5][6] who reunite after nine years (their last film together was Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001). It is overseen by both Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment and distributed by FOX Star Entertainment, which bought the rights for the film for a sum of INR 1 billion, thus becoming the second most expensive Bollywood film, behind Blue.[7] It is also the highest buyover for any Indian film, breaking Ghajini's record of INR 900 million.

My Name Is Khan is the fourth directorial venture of Karan Johar. Cinematography is by Ravi K. Chandran, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composed the film's score, choreography is by Farah Khan, and lyrics were written by Niranjan Iyengar.[8] Visual Effects are by Red Chillies VFX.

My Name is Khan debuted in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 10 February 2010.[9] It released globally in theaters on 12 February 2010.[1] It was also screened as part of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival's official selection the same month.[10] In the months leading up to its release, the film has also been involved in some controversy related to international airport security and Indian politics.

Upon release, the film broke many box office records overseas, where it is currently the highest-grossing Bollywood film.[11] Within four weeks, the film crossed the INR 700 million mark in India and became the first film of 2010 to do so. The film was released in India on DVD on 28 April 2010. Blu-ray in India, plus a DVD and Blu-ray release worldwide will follow on 14 June 2010

Maid of Honor

Semalam, saya dan kawan baik, Olis menonton 'Maid of Honor'... saya dapat membayangkan ceritanya mesti lebih kurang 'my best friend's wedding' lakonan Julia Robert.. but ternyata telahan saya salah sama sekali.Motif ceritanya, ringkas: persahabatan dan cinta, tapi lelaki ini tidak nampak semua nilai ini, sehinggalah sahabatnya ke Scotland selama 5 minggu.Dalam tempoh itu, dia baharu menyedari, dia kesunyian tanpa wanita itu.Sangkanya apabila dia pulang, dia akan menyatakan perasaannya, tetapi dia terlambat.Wanita ini sudah dilamar dan akan berkahwin dalam tempoh dua minggu.Dia pulaka diminta menjadi maid of honnor.Bayangkan dalam masa kurang dua minggu, dia mesti merebut kembali 'sang puterinya'.. lucu, romantik dan menyenangkan.. apatah lagi melihat kecantikan Scotland... mengkagumkan..

Dibandingkan dengan filem melayu, yang juga berkaitan cinta... hmm.. rasa rugi membayar RM 6 (itupun menonton pada hari rabu-nasib baik, kalau tidak rugi sahaja duit) kalau ikutkan iklan, macam bagus sangat... malahnya skrip yang terlampau ringan, plot yang ringan tapi banyak yang tidak menasabah... maaflah, tiada lagi filem malaysia, selepas ini.. tidaklah bermaksud mahu ' pro amerika' tetapi banyak lagi yang perlu kita pelajari dalam mem'bikin' filem.. janganlah sekadar tangkap muat sahaja...dalam hati saya, kalau setakat skrip yang macam tu, sayapun boleh tulis... he he

Tidaklah bermakna juga filem melayu tidak bagus semuanya, ada juga yang bermutu seperti 'Heart of Malaya', Puteri Gunung Ledang... The Red Kebaya.. yang peliknya, kadang kala, filem yang bagus, tiada pulak penontonnya.. apa yang tidak kena di sini? agaknya paradigma minda malaysian masih ditahap lama.. yang dicari dalam filem hanya hiburan bukannya pengajaran dan nilai moral dan kemasyarakatannya..
entahlah, tepuk dada tanyalah selera!