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BOLLYWOOD’S LAST POSTER PAINTER

1. S. Rehman became a painter by vocation.

2. New digital printers make short work of forty-foot billboards producing one in under an hour.

3. The hand-painted poster is compared to a love letter written with blood, sweat and tears. It conveys raw emotion and energy to the reader whereas the digital poster is lifeless.

4. The emotions of the film’s characters would often be communicated in these posters through color.

5. Most of the posters from the 30s and 40s have perished. Very few are surviving and the whole nation is desperately trying to preserve their unique art.

6. Hand-painted art doesn’t fit in because of two aspects: it takes too much time and it is way too expensive.

7. The posters were to draw the right audience into the theater.

8. Painters used ancient Indian painting techniques.

9. Poster painters of the past had to risk their life climbing bamboo scaffolding 50 foot high to paint the billboards that towered above the city.

10. “Indian Hippy” is a company made up of the last remaining poster painters.

11. Its aim is to keep the craft going by offering customized and personalized hand-painted Bollywood movie posters.

12. Watch the video about the film noir genre and do the exercises.

Some lexical units:

noir [`nwa:] (n) – a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity;

wise-cracking (adj) – sarcastic;

trench coat (ph. n) – a loose belted , double-breasted raincoat in a military style;

fedora (n) – a low, soft felt hat with a curled brim and the crown creased lengthways;

femme fatale (n) – an attractive and seductive woman, especially one who will ultimately cause distress to a man who becomes involved with her;

back-stabber (n) – traitor, betrayer.

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