There are movies that excite you. But I don’t remember ever going to a movie because I was so excited to see a character particularly if a movie has a Christopher Nolan attached to it. Agreed, I fell for the hype and media frenzy about Heath Ledger. But this time I feel totally justified [...]
High!
Humans have always been better at expressing ideas. Better than say, most contemporary animals. And some humans have toiled to express them so good that they turn out to be artists. Today sitting in the theater, I could sense three. Not sense. More like they pounded it together, put it on a spoon, heated it [...]
Blasphemy
Because I liked Erik Skjoldbjærg’s Insomnia better than Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia. Much better. Loved the original. Pondering this for some time, with Al Pacino on screen there are certain things I want him to do and some I don’t want him to. I dont think he’s capable of doubting himself like he does in this [...]
The poor man’s Brad Pitt
That’s what I like to call Benicio Del Toro. He has always reminded me of Brad Pitt; a less polished, more intense version of him. Intense, that would probably be the best way to describe him in a word. I’ve never seen Benicio disappoint. He’s been fantastic in all his roles – be it in [...]
Project Mayhem. What if…
Read in wikipedia that Russel Crowe and Matt Damon were in running for Tyler Durden and Narrator. Wonder how would it have been? Durden->Pitt->Narrator->Norton->Durden. Argument over. Btw check out this cool video, I have known this song for some time but never seen this video till today.
“He just drove off the roof!”
The first bit of dialogue, just dialogue without an action sequence, is at an hour and ten minutes into the movie. I know cos I actually looked down at my watch and smiled.
2007 is the year of the action movie. After John McLane and Optimus Prime, I would like to introduce you to the King, [...]
Y tu mamá también
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Brilliant.
Cinema that lives, that breathes, that feels. It makes you laugh along, travel along, changes moods with you, seduces you. It is a discovery, a discovery of Mexico, a discovery of Luisa, Julio and Tenoch. You and I, along with them, discover what a joy it is [...]
“Say hello to my little friend”
“Say hello to my little friend”. Bang, bang, bang!
One of the greatest characters of all time, Tony Montana. A maverick, incorrigible bad ass, a hero, a villain, greedy, raging bull and overall a legend. I have rarely seen a better character in any film, ever. Was it because Al Pacino did it? Hell yeah! [...]
‘The Man Who Set Film Free’
A tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni, in the NY Times. I read the article and scrolled up, to be pleasantly surprised by who its author was!
The Man Who Set Film Free
Antonioni died at the age of 94, on July 30th 2007.
Bessonic
So it was the year 1999. Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai had two screens then. Bunking whatever academic commitment we had then, me and a friend went to Sathyam and checked out what was running. ‘Ah, English movie.’ We walk in. 5 minutes into it I noticed, ‘Hey, dubbing movie!’. We were a little surprised – a [...]
