Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31111
Title: The Politics of Melodrama in Deepa Mehta's 'Water'
Contributor(s): Hopgood, Fincina  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2006-01
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31111
Abstract: Water (2005), the final instalment in Deepa Mehta's 'elemental trilogy', has had in the director's own words, a tumultuous birth. It has taken five years for this third film in the series, following Fire (1996) and Earth (1998), to reach the screen, and it is described as 'one of the most turbulent experiences in filmmaking history'. Water represents the maturation of Mehta as a director capable of marrying political filmmaking with melodrama in order to harness the power of emotional engagement for consciousness-raising.
Publication Type: Review
Source of Publication: Metro (149), p. 142-147
Publisher: Australian Teachers of Media, Inc
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 0312-2654
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 360501 Cinema studies
470214 Screen and media culture
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130103 The creative arts
130204 The media
HERDC Category Description: D3 Review of Single Work
Publisher/associated links: https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.183981365416632
Appears in Collections:Review
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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