Art cinema is quite something very puissant in the way of communicating with the audiences.
Extraordinarily unbent no coincidences,no miracles just pragmatic.
Oflate I had the privilege of savouring some of it in the very altruistic theatre fest Bahuroopi.
Movies I managed to watch were Roots by Marvin J.Chomsky and John Erman,Amistad by Steven spielberg...
both of them based on slavery.One showing the unsuccessful pursuance of freedom by a slave and the latter showing the victory of humanity over politics.
The movie Amistad was scheduled to be screened back to back with this other movie called Cry Of Freedom.
And being dead timely we arrive 15 mins late for the movie and enter the room flashing the cell phone torch(which was am sure quite annoying to the others) to find our way and this usher rudely interrupts us asking us to put off the light...we do so...and realise there is no seat available..so we go and ask him if we can sit on the ground...he says-"movie is about to end but you can still sit"!!
Obviously enough it was the previous movie still running...so we get out and wait for it end.
After about 10 mins we go in again expecting Amistad to have started and since we didnt have a bat's vision we flash light again...but this time annoying this old man enough that he mutters to the man beside him-"AYYO!!EVERY 10 MINS THESE GALS ARE COMING AND FLASHING LIGHT"...
Nevertheless it was all worth as the movie was outstanding.Another over-the-top movie we caught up with was a spanish movie called sea inside,theme being mercy killing.
All in all an unforgettable festival.
