DAY4, IFFK

Record breaking performance by me...saw SIX movies today. At the end of 4th day, I've already seen 18 movies. Not bad. The day started by viewing of Look Both Ways by Sarah Watt. The producer of the movie was felicitated before the movie began. When I saw her, I realized she was the lady who sat beside me for the screening of Black Eyed Dog. The movie begins with a fatal accident of a kid by a freight train. The story is then interlinked between the witness of the accident, the train driver, reporter & photographer who covered the accident and the victim's mother. Well the movie is very good because of its narrative style. It contains animation which the director herself had drawn. And it had an interesting montage sequence when the reporter realizes he is affected by cancer. Second movie was supposed to be Bamako but it got replaced by Safarina which later on got replaced by Yesterday and which got replaced by Cry, The Beloved Country. Except for Bamako rest of all the films were directed by Darrell Roodt, which was directed by Abderrahamne Sissako. So after so much of changing I was waiting (fingers crossed) for the screening to begin. And good for me they showed Cry, The Beloved Country which I anyway thought of watching during this week. A well written and superbly photographed movie is what you realize after watching this movie. In the afternoon I went and saw Locked Out by Albert Dupontel. A hilarious movie in which the lead role was enacted by Dupontel himself. The narrative style or to be more precise the editing style reminds you of Amelie and Love Me If You Dare. Thoroughly enjoyable. Evening I saw Climates. Well this was a critically acclaimed movie. Must say couldn't like the movie much. The movie is about the relationship between a research professor and his costume designer wife. A slow paced movie but it has some of the best locations which I haven't yet seen. In the night saw a documentary by Adoor called Guru Chengannur. Well it could have been better. It was followed by Adoor's movie Kathapurushan. As pointed out yesterday I just love watching this movie because of its simplicity.