{"id":297,"date":"2008-01-19T07:22:26","date_gmt":"2008-01-19T07:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=297"},"modified":"2008-01-19T07:22:26","modified_gmt":"2008-01-19T07:22:26","slug":"in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"In Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, from stories on the streets of Mumbai to Las Vegas fr the opening of a Grand new casino called the Palaazzo. t’s such a completely different world. Being in a Casino is like entering a gigantic movie ..<\/p>\n


\n..when people ask me what I love about making movies, is the ability of movies to invite the audience to live in an altered reality – into the world as created by the movie maker. That is to an extent what a Casino does. For these pleasure palaces so to speak are not just gambling spaces. They are shopping malls, clubs, restaurants, bars, clubs, discos, musical shows, entertainment centers, conference centers – all under one roof. Even indoor reconstruction of a paizza in Venice full with Gondolas and an artificial canal, where the light never varies from the cool light of 4 in the evening – and there are absolutely no shadows anywhere.
\nAll under one roof – miles and miles of it. gambing just takes up just 1% of the total space – though provides about 40% portion of the revenues of course.
\nI don’t gamble but people watch a lot. Thousands of people people walking around in absolute awe of the sheer immensity of the place. – tonight I am going to see the show by Cirque Du Soliel called ‘O”
\nwill write and let you know what it was like,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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