Manish Acharya, Aseem Chhabra, Deepti Gupta
An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.
DVD Release Date: July 28, 2009
Stats: 149 reviews
As "Sita Sings the Blues" began, all I could think was: "What have I gotten myself into?". The opening montage is a series of nonsensical colorful images and trippy music with an Eastern flare. Did the woman at concessions slip LSD into my Mountain Dew? What the hell is going on?...( read more)
A delightful little animation, unfortunately stuck in litigious limbo for the time being on account of its unlicensed jazz soundtrack, which is a great pity because it is enormous fun and deserves to reach the widest possible audience. I cannot say I knew anything about the Ra...( read more)
absolutely adorable! yes, it's a flash-animated version of the ramayana set to 1920's jazz music!! it's completely enchanting, gorgeous and hilarious and u can watch it here: http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/blog/watch-sita-sings-the-blues-online/347/
WOW! What a interesting mashup of concepts to bring us an original take on a classic Indian tale! Nina Paley wrote, directed, animated (and just about everthing else) this wonderfully vibrant, charming tale.
Almost as amazing as the film itself, is the story by which it came to ...( read more)
Kick ass! The music, the story and the graphic are amazing.. I just love it.
One of the most strikingly original movies I have ever seen in my life. I was enthralled the entire way through. I laughed out loud, I cried a little, I was entranced by the visuals and thoroughly enjoyed the songs. I'm so glad that this movie is freely available for everyone to ...( read more)
Awesooooome! 3 things in this movie: 1920's blues-jazz singer Annette Hanshaw's songs, Indian epic "Ramayana" and the director's relationship with her partner which features many similarities with the epic. Every one of these three hits the target so hard it's amazing. One of the...( read more)
Great, light edutainment. Not to mention highly creative&innovative animation. The three puppets telling the stories is originally comes from my country (Indonesia) and called wayang....( read more)
Two parallel stories of life and love and loss, the story of Rama + Sita interleaved with the story of the director's marriage breakup. Set to the songs of Annette Hanshaw which echo the same theme. Plus a dialog in the background of three Indians narrating (and arguing about) wh...( read more)
So this movie is one great example of genius and originality combined with a great story. Very interesting! A different perspective towards relationships and a very feminine issued story. Brilliant.
To get any film made is a miracle. To conceive of a film like this is a greater miracle. full review
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