Slumdog millionaire is a rag-to-riches story, a movie about a boy from the slums that goes on to win a million rupees and the woman of his dreams. Slumdog millionaire, the movie itself, is a rag-to-riches story of a movie that was supposed to go straight to DVD, a movie that was not picked up by any distribution company in the US until it was shown to the Toronto festival, was then adored by the crowd and only then was picked up and distributed in cinemas in the US and ended up received 8 oscars this year, including the one of best movie. Life imitates art, as it is supposed to be (and not the other way round).
The Wrestler is a movie about a wrestler, played by Mickey Rourke, who used to be great and is now no longer on top of his game. Mickey Rourke is an actor who was at the top of his game, then lost it all, only to be reborn (artistically and perhaps personally) through the movie 'The Wrestler'. Art imitates life, as it is supposed to be (and not the other way round).
Mickey Rourke did not get Slumdog's Oscars happily ever after, Sean Penn (who has no relevance with the topic of this post whatsoever) did instead.
Slumdog's producers were criticized that they exploited the children actors from the slums, by not paying them enough. To close the nasty mouths, they brought the slums at the Oscars and they all celebrated Slumdog's big win, appropriately together on stage, in true Indian style. They did *not* burst into a Bollywood sing and dance, much to the producers' dismay. But, sarcasm aside, they did show that movies are made by a crew and a cast that all deserve to accept their award, together.
Can anyone make a movie imitating that?
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