Thursday 8 May 2014

Wednesday

(2008)

RATING:60%
FORMAT:DVD



Yet another in a recent spate of very interesting Bollywood movies tackling international terrorism, head on, in a provocative and stimulating way.

Ostensibly, an inferior rip off of a Hollywood thriller, the twist towards the end shows a much deeper appreciation of the subject - and the profound emotions it arouses - than most US films would dare explore.

The police’s inability to adequately protect others is highlighted and the lack of any real intelligence about the next terrorist attack - even using the only (& not very effective) method of extra judicial torture. A howl of outrage against terrorism from the ‘common man’ who wants to live his everyday life without fear.

It is overlong, but the clever payoff is well worth the wait. Anupam KHER and Naseeruddin SHAH give excellent performances and both possess real screen presence.


Copyright © 2013 Frank TALKER. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute it in any format; provided that mention of the author’s Weblog (http://franktalker5.blogspot.com/) is included: E-mail notification requested. All other rights reserved.
Posted by Frank TALKER™ at 15:20
Labels:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Contact Form:

Name

Email *

Message *

Science:



No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.



Jacob Bronowski… (1908 - 74), British scientist, author. Encounter (London, July 1971).


Sleep of Reason:



The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.



Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes… (1746-1828), Spanish painter. Caption to Caprichos, number 43, a series of eighty etchings completed in 1798, satirical and grotesque in form.


Humans & Aliens:



I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.



Terence… (circa 190-159 BC), Roman dramatist. Chremes, in The Self-Tormentor [Heauton Timorumenos], act 1, scene 1.


Führerprinzip:



One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves… There is no organ of conciliation or mediation interposed between the leader and the people, nothing in fact but the apparatus - in other words, the party - which is the emanation of the leader and the tool of his will to oppress. In this way the first and sole principle of this degraded form of mysticism is born, the Führerprinzip, which restores idolatry and a debased deity to the world of nihilism.



Albert Camus… (1913-60), French-Algerian writer & philosopher. The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt: New York: Vintage Books, (1984; page 182.)