A Passage to India (1984) | David Lean - Shooting with the Master

[@London747]

No one has ever met up with where he reached in making these huge films in this way

[@michaelkuhlman883]

Visuals were his priority, and his visuals are exquisite, but of course he cared about story structure and acting too.

[@MYRIAMLATEUR]

He was very demanding of himself and of others, knew his craft and knew what he wanted… that’s why he was able to create masterpieces. He was an absolute genius.

[@stevenvoorhees3107]

Sir David is one of my Cinematic Gods. This fascinating piece proves why he's in my film firmament.

[@scronx]

THANK YOU. Please give us another hour or three on the making of AP2I! For more of this wonderful stuff, folks, search A PASSAGE TO INDIA CAST INTERVIEWS.

[@debjyotimandal4927]

A great master of visuals and a kind hearted man! ❤

[@ranjanpenkar5511]

This film is a true masterpiece.

[@thomask1424]

I saw this when it first came out in a 70mm print. I was blown away by the movie. I went back to see it again a few weeks later, same theater but they'd switched to a 35mm print. While the emotional impact was the same, the visual impact was greatly diminished.

[@abhishek-euphony-and-euphoria]

Thanks for the upload.

[@johnpetley-jones9563]

Excellent insights. Thank you.

[@avilesbeach]

Thanks a lot for this video.

[@snoo333]

very nice video. thanks

[@DaboooogA]

Certainly one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of cinema

[@ER1CwC]

Besides the point about whether one likes to shoot on location or in the studio, there seems to be a lot of overlap between Lean and Hitchcock’s directorial processes.

[@etherealtb6021]

100%

[@cathyhudson7735]

Visual sense x 100

[@jjmboston9526]

I agree. A unique man. I think Franco Zeffirelli fits into this category, too.

[@danielemoura1983]

Esse documentário foi lançado em algum dvd?

[@e.m.forsterbrasil5525]

Olá. Creio que foi lançado em algum DVD ou blu-ray internacional. Eu consegui esses vídeos baixando um arquivo do filme que vinha acompanhado de alguns extras.

[@danielemoura1983]

@@e.m.forsterbrasil5525 Caramba, será que eu consigo baixar também?

[@e.m.forsterbrasil5525]

@@danielemoura1983 Fiz o download via torrent no site 1337 x. to. É o arquivo de 9,2 gigas.

[@danielemoura1983]

@@e.m.forsterbrasil5525 Opa!! Valeu!!!

[@danielemoura1983]

@@e.m.forsterbrasil5525 Funcionou!!! Muito obrigada mesmo! Agora, seria maravilhoso se esse blu ray fosse lançado no Brasil!

[@noomanshibli7874]

What is the name of this doc?

[@ranjanpenkar5511]

Nooman Shibil , this is not a documentary. It a regular feature film called as: A Passage to India. Best of luck for being able to get the movie.

[@xcel5203]

​@@ranjanpenkar5511It's available on Amazon prime .

[@3506Dodge]

Why do Brits go "out" to other countries? What is the point of using the word "out?"

[@ER1CwC]

It implies that there is a home base, which in this case would be Britain. Also in the context of filmmaking, there are studios with sets. So in a sense, you are going ‘out’ if you are shooting on location.

[@3506Dodge]

@@ER1CwC Americans don't go "out" to the world. They imagine that America is part of the world and that by being in America you are already in the world.

[@ER1CwC]

@@3506Dodge Are we talking grammar or politics? Regarding the latter, I’d argue that for a lot of Americans, America IS the world. So there is no reason to go ‘out’ at all. Thus the “World” Series.

[@3506Dodge]

@@ER1CwC Brits see themselves as separate from the world? As if they are floating in orbit on a nearby planet?

[@ER1CwC]

@@3506Dodge Evidently separate from Europe.

[@grai]

it's a bit of a mess of a film which gets weaker and weaker until the last 15 minutes it's barely making sense beautiful photography and beautiful acting though

[@scronx]

How in any way on earth is it a mess?

[@grai]

@@scronx it's slooooooow The Alex Guinness character is sort of added on and there's travelogue sequences that drag It's much clearer in the novel that the heroine is mentally fragile whereas this is not established in the film and we're left wondering why she didn't drop the court case earlier or just admit she'd imagined everything It could be subtitled Much Ado About Nothing Not the case with the book which I would recommend anyone to read rather than endure the plodding film

[@averagejoe6617]

​@@graiit's called subtlety

[@grai]

@@averagejoe6617 glad you enjoyed it but for me MEH !!

[@xcel5203]

I left towards the end when I found it seemed to be floundering- tbh it got on my nerves .