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I love everything by QT.For Me He is the greatest storyteller and entertainer ever lived
And
as far as I am concerned Pulp fiction is the greatest film ever made.
And I loved Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, Death Proof, The Man from Hollywood, Grave Danger, From Dusk Till Dawn, True Romance and I loved all of them.
In fact I saw 'Natural born Killers' but It has no Qtism in it except for the original script written by him, which is great!!
Also I addddorrre these directors:
BRIAN DE PALMA
DAVID FINCHER
Reviews
Patham Nilayile Theevandi (2009)
HIGHLY UNDER-RATED FILM!!! This is a great film!!!
This film was very poorly received. Even critics seemed to disregard it. Of course it was a flop. These type of films are never well-received in Kerala. Even my friends and my brother who have seen it said it was a terrible terrible boring movie.
I saw this movie on DVD solely for 2 reasons
1) The film got one of the best titles in Malayalam cinema- "PATHAM NILAYILE THEEVANDI" (aka TRAIN IN THE 10TH FLOOR)
2) The film is written by Dennis Joseph(adapted from his own short story)
I saw the film and was completely immersed and engulfed by the movie, from the first scene onwards. I dig the character of Innocent. I felt how he felt. The lighting and bright cinematography dragged me into the atmosphere of the mental hospital. I felt every pain by the character Shankaran. I could in every scene completely identify with Innocent's performance. The performance was great. Towards the middle, in several scenes, tears came down from my eyes. Its hyper-depressing and hyper- realistic. Its got depression written all over the movie. The cinematography (which I wouldn't call great or even good) is totally depressing. There is intense use of sunlight and the heat of the sun in every scene. There is not a movie that shows the depression surrounding a mental hospital in Malayalam as much as this one. Its hyper- depressing. Believe me. And you could feel with it. Not like those so- called-art-films that come out every year. You can engage in this movie.
People I talked to called this movie too boring. I don't think so. I think the pace is uncanny. The editing is done by Bina Paul. Its a great editing work. The pace is in pact with the emotional speed of the audience. I saw this movie three times( 2 times in 2009 and the third viewing today) and never even felt that this is a boring movie. I seemed to enjoy the feeling of depression imposed by movies. This movie has given me a lot of that.
The only drawback I could think of was with the last scene. When Anoop Menon comes to the house. That scene is too long and badly scripted and filmed. The rest of it, I completely enjoyed. I understand the bad response the movie was getting. People cant withstand almost 2 hours of a drama about a mental patient. Yeah, its about a mental patient suffering from schizophrenia. But if you give yourself a try, if you want to enjoy a good character- driven-emotional-drama watch this. I warn you, Its hyper-depressing. And one of the best Malayalam films made in the recent years. This film, I think is better than National award winning Adaminte makan Abu or T D Daasan Std VI B. The only award I know "PATHAM NILA" got was just a FIPRESCI prize at International film festival of Kerala and a state award for Sound recording, beating Rasool Pookkutty.
Give yourself a try.
"There is no treatment for Schizophrenia"
Carrie (1976)
My Favourite DePalma film so far!!
"You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits. Now you must face the evil consequences"-(Poster tag-line)
This is a terrifically made film and also my very first review on IMDb.
This is a brilliantly made movie. One that's gonna be with me for years to come. Let me tell you my experiences with DePalma. Ever since I got into film I heard the name Brian De Palma I don't know why.You should have heard a lot of other names before you ever hear his name except in my case. Ever since 14 I know the name DePalma and that he had a movie by the name of 'Scarface'. The first DePalma film that I have watched is 'Scarface' too! I thought it was just nice and had forgotten about it.And After about two years or so the movie begins to haunt me like so many other films in my life.Oh, by that time I had already seen two more films by him that were popular-M I and the untouchables.And So I watched Scarface again at the age of 18 and it blew me away.I mean it is terrific!! This time I enjoyed the direction and everything came back for me. I once again watched The Untouchables and M I and this time I liked them both. And discovered this gem: DePalma. I started my voyage through De Palma just like I once did with Scorsese and Tarantino. And so I watched Blow Out, Sisters, Carrie, Carlito's way, Raising Cain, Snake Eyes, The Black Dahlia, Redacted, Casualties of War, Femme Fatale, Body Double etc and I am kind of in the middle of my voyage and I am yet to see a lot of him and I have to say that Carrie is by far my favorite of him although all of them are just greats!
Telekinesis:- the ability to move or change objects without touching them by the power or concentration of mind.
Carrie:-Its been known what Carrie is about
Carrie is a high school senior girl who is given the ability of Telekinesis by birth.Maybe with a purpose because she is shy and always need a place among her friends. I mean she is always abused and bullied by her friends until one special night she is pushed too far....."If only they knew she had the power"..... So that's it. She is shy, beautiful, and intelligent who is always bullied by her friends, sirs, neighbors etc.Even her psychotically religious mother make fun of her sexuality and would lock her in a bathroom, insides of which are obscure looking and frightening.All this created Carrie White's disturbed persona and the horror that is yet to be unleashed!
The movie has a frightening and claustrophobic feeling created around Carrie White's home.The whole film has a sad,horrifying atmosphere. This is clearly visible in Pino Donnagio's score and the cinematography.Oh man the camera work!! Its one of the most important aspects of the films. I have to say among the best in De Palma films. It has a whole 70's feeling to it.Like when during the prom scene when Carrie and Tommy dances in one of the classic shots of all time,The camera moves around them very slowly at first. We can see the lights illuminating the hall shines behind them striking at us. the colors and everything makes it a beautiful shot and one of my favorites in the movie. The cinematography captures the whole 70's atmosphere and feel and styles like no film other than Dazed and Confuzed and Zodiac (for me). This is my favorite Stephen King adaptation.Its his first novel ever published. This movie marked the debut of future Hollywood star John Travolta and also the first collaboration between De Palma and Pino Donnagio.
The character of Margarete White was excellently portrayed by Piper Laurie needless to say.She said she thought Carrie would have to be a comedy because her character is too over the top! That's right her character is that of a morally disturbed religious person.This is an actor's and a director's movie at the same time. But the one single performance to which to which all credits must go is Sissy Spacek.Nobody could pull off such an amazing and realistic performance as the abused teenager Carrie White other than for her. I mean Spacek is born for this role. Carrie is so cute and adorable and we feel for her unlike many other movie characters only to find that she can't be that adorable for too long, Thanks to her!
This is a cleverly edited movie. The Scary scenes are perfectly edited in the De Palma fashion so to be enjoyed by us. The use of split screen along with Sisters is one of the bests in DePalma films especially the one with three shots in one frame. It triples up the terror of the scene. Its hysterical!! and funny at the same time.
Brian De Palma proved through this film that he is an unpredictable director in every way, who is to be feared of!!I Mean Here's a director that can do anything...almost anything, So beware!!The story by Steven King is something that slowly develops its way through the characters. I mean this is a character driven film that thrills.
For me this is a touching, atmospheric, sad and nostalgic teenage drama apart from being a horror film. This is more of a character study than a science-fiction horror.Everyone thinks this is a pure horror film. well Its not a horror film of that fashion. Its not Psycho.Its not Haloween. Its a hysterically moving film which is up there in standards with films yet to come. It will never be dated whatever happens.Like every other De Palma film it entertains on many levels.I have seen it four times and It got better each time I watched it.
Carrie:-10/10 Direction: Flawless!!