Cowboys & Indians

03 july 2005 19h00

Shezad Dawood

London

Here is the other side of For A Few Rupees More which Shezad Dawood created for the Belluard. Born in London from an Indian father and a Pakistani mother, Dawood is fascinated by the mixture of Eastern culture and Western cinema. His conference, Cowboys and Indians, is a window to the cultural interactions between East and West. Interactions from which an art form is born, characterised by the desire of authenticity and imitation. Such as the Bollywood version of Reservoir Dogs, a Pakistani Taxi Driver � done after Scorsese�s version, or Shezad Dawood�s own fake remake of Antonioni�s Blow Up.

Shezad Dawood

03 july 2005

For a Few Rupees More

In the beginning, the project was to be a remake of the Sergio Leone film � The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly � set in a village in Pakistan. After having spent a long time preparing the project, Shezad ...
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