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.
8 comments:
Mysore has really become famous for such off beat or art movies, something which i've been sadly missing due to lack of prior information & lack of a company! i heard there was a dedication to the late Ingmar Bergman in a theatre, playing all his movies! this was probably a year or so ago. Amistad is something that i wanted to watch. its not the same if you download & watch it alone as compared to watching in a movie hall. but now it'll have to be downloaded! sad! i feel bad to have missed it!
if you happen to know any more interesting movies being played at Bahuroopi, i'd appreciate it very much if you could spare a few minutes & drop me a mail at vinay.gk000@gmail.com Many Thanks!
i wish they would make a rule prohibiting tall big headed bozos sitting in the first row.
@gecko
i did happen to catch one of ingmar bergman's movies called 'cries and whispers'
gk envies rubs & anusha! :'(
@gecko
il definitely mail u ta list of movies...n this fest was all over the newspapers.....
@anusha
since prohibiting aint gonna happen....some sense shud be injected into the big-headed bozos that by sitting in the first row they're givin neck spasms to the not-so-tall ppl lik us!!
@ rubs,
thank you thank you! far too kind!
The Sea Inside is really an amazing movie!
@tyrodave
indeed it is!!i liked it too...
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