DAY5, IFFK

After watching 18 movies I realized I haven't still any of the 14 films included in the festival competition list. I thought watching just competitive films today. Started with The Violin. The movie is simply amazing, portraying the struggle of the peasants against the Mexican army. A black & white with a bit of added grains, this is one of the best movie I have seen in the competition till now. The next one was Angel's Fall. Though the movie didn't appeal much to me, I felt I missed a point or two because the movie had a non-linear story structure. Should have watched it more carefully. The third was a Japanese movie Whispering Of Gods. Really pathetic movie to watch. Imagine a scene where when a man pukes, the man standing next to him say "YUMMY". Yuck!!!. The howling from the jam packed audiences at the end made some sense. After watching this movie I felt somewhat uneasy and was having a bit of headache. I waited for my aunt to come to watch the screening of T V Chandran's Aadum Koothu. I waited outside as I had her entry pass. I went inside to check out whether any seat was available. To my horror it was completely occupied even the floors weren't spared. I stood there and saw the felicitation ceremony. Mr. T V Chandran introduced his team viz. cinematographer Madhu Ambatt, Editor Venugopal and others. As he was introducing came in the lead actress Navya Nair. There was howling all around because of her being late. She then apologized for it but certain section didn't spare her and the howling continued for her embarrassment. It was a pity sight. Atleast the audience should have shown some dignity after she had apologized. I walked out of the hall after the felicitation. I went straight to Kalabhavan to watch The Lovers by Louis Malle. Fifteen minutes into the movie, I walked out again because of headache. Later on in the night I went and saw a documentary Yakshagana and a movie Ellipathayam, both by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The movie started well but the end wasn't so satisfactory. So the count is 23 movies in 5 days. Not bad eh!!