equanimus

“ஒரு எண்பது வருசம் நாம வாழ்ந்தம்னா, ஒரு எட்டு கேள்வி இருக்கும்.”

[equanimus @equanimus]

Now playing so we can sort it out.

[exit30b @exit30b]

since am seeing contradicting tweets all the time we, all Tamil music listening people, should come together and decide which is the best song in ANJALI (1990).

[equanimus @equanimus]

@Sylvianism It's NOT about the body, the time of death, or what have you. None of these details -- zero, zilch, zip, nada -- matter to the film because the body is never found.

[equanimus @equanimus]

@Sylvianism What is distinct is the hero recreates the 2 days doing stuff outside of their home, where the murder in fact happened. And then registers a falsity with so many people around him that their trip happened over the weekend.

[equanimus @equanimus]

(2) Look at the narrative structure of Drishyam. One of the ingenious elements in its treatment has to do with how it involves various people in the neighbourhood and register their changing perspectives. (Which continues in surprising ways in the 2nd part as well.)

[equanimus @equanimus]

(1) In Drishyam, the most creative idea is in actually playing out the events that will serve as the alibi. That's the link to cinema. If you play/witness something, so many true details register to the player as well as the witness.

[equanimus @equanimus]

Folks defending DRISHYAM, pls do go the extra distance! There is absolutely NO reason to assume Jeethu Joseph "took the device or premise" from the novel.

My own threads on it--link in comment, as they say--to follow in replies.

[equanimus @equanimus]

Case 3, contd.: https://t.co/nUsA6cQ60M

[equanimus @equanimus]

@Sylvianism It's NOT about the body, the time of death, or what have you. None of these details -- zero, zilch, zip, nada -- matter to the film because the body is never found.

[equanimus @equanimus]

Folks defending DRISHYAM, pls do go the extra distance! There is absolutely NO reason to assume Jeethu Joseph "took the device or premise" from the novel.

My own threads on it--link in comment, as they say--to follow in replies.

[athreya @athreya49]

Why is everyone pretending as if Drishyam is original? It’s a rip off of Keigo Higashino’s novel. Presumably others are also ripping off the original or getting rights to adapt the novel.

[equanimus @equanimus]

Both of which are qualitative assessments *about* the film, without comparing it to the Japanese work.

Case 3, the essential difference in the alibi itself: https://t.co/c5LQvBEavk

[equanimus @equanimus]

@Sylvianism What is distinct is the hero recreates the 2 days doing stuff outside of their home, where the murder in fact happened. And then registers a falsity with so many people around him that their trip happened over the weekend.

[equanimus @equanimus]

Since I'm going way off topic anyway, here goes one more.

How did this college gathering talk/Q&A sessions in the USA come about? Is it 100% for online?

[equanimus @equanimus]

@mazhaisiruvan அது ரெம்ப நாளா இருக்கே. But yeah, I also think so. They've rolled out something or I'm knee-jerking to happening things.

[equanimus @equanimus]

I don't understand why a few of my tweets have begun to get 3-digit likes!

Twitter doing some new thing?

Or have I inadvertently stumbled upon a format that generates interest? Like this tweet, is it sounding like a news bite or something?

[equanimus @equanimus]

Is Vetrimaaran looking to dissociate/disengage himself from ARASAN?

[equanimus @equanimus]

@gradwolf @dagalti Yeah, that's what I'm saying too. Even with the very first promo which didn't look shoddy, this one looked more pulp than intrigue.

[equanimus @equanimus]

Is Vetrimaaran looking to dissociate/disengage himself from ARASAN?

[equanimus @equanimus]

@gradwolf .. set pieces and stylistics and delve into portraying a socio-political scenario in a direct sense. I found to be an interesting evolution even though it can also mean a dead end if you run out of creative ways to frame things.

[equanimus @equanimus]

@gradwolf Understood. Fair but then we are really going into a phase of his ascendancy itself if we go back to ASURAN and all. AADUKALAM remains my favourite but he has been doing pretty strong career-wise as a director. I do think, with VIDUTHALAI, he began to probe into his standard..

[equanimus @equanimus]

@Normal0sborn Yes, something is amiss about this movie.

[equanimus @equanimus]

@gradwolf Reduced in what terms? Is he finding it hard to mount a film on his own terms? Post-VIDUTHALAI? This one seems like a case of production hell for this specific film.

[equanimus @equanimus]

@dagalti @gradwolf It's not so much the gaana itself (though that is also too flat for me) but the sheer disinterest in just having the hero walk in slow-mo. It looks very postmodern/self-absorbed pulp that is an antithesis of the grounded gangster genre that Vetrimaaran likes to tap into.