While hardcore commies might be hurt after watching it and never get to see the beauty of this, this is a movie that speaks volumes about the mundane + ideology + caste waves + the endless party workers who blindly follow orders like many used to centuries ago under the caste system.
What really overwhelmed me was how the director copulated abhinaya, emotions via Theyyam (and no other dance form could do this but Theyyam because of the aching brutality of the subject), poesy, the way each frame had subtle and obvious relations to the verbs, nouns, and adjectives used before + music + Govind Vasantha's sound trancing up the vibe.
The way the director gave only glimpses of Pepe as Theyyam during the movie and saved his performance for the credit roll was genius. To me, Tinu Pappachan has risen above LJP because the logic and radical rationality he dueled kind of overshadows the mystic and magic realm LJP used in Churuli (sorry, but had to say).
This movie made me smell many frames, feel the touch of the blades on my legs and back, and caroon over the oxymorons. Beautiful. I feel like this is like a dark and gory Sandesham movie and a deeper look at the facts.
Also, the way character descriptions kept rolling in, from the beginning till the last, was very suspenseful. I was literally at the edge of my seat throughout. Lord, it was a quick burner for movie and anything but.
What a movie, TP! Smitten, smitten, and head over heels!
Also, Kiran was every bit amazing. Perfection incarnate. I am so glad it was Pepe and not someone else who was cast. Beautifully done.
PS: I remember this circular broken glass that looked like the eye of an elephant during the last half of the movie that simply made the reference of the elephant more poignant without ever showing the mad elephant, and even painting a vivider picture of the elephant-like madness of humans.
What really overwhelmed me was how the director copulated abhinaya, emotions via Theyyam (and no other dance form could do this but Theyyam because of the aching brutality of the subject), poesy, the way each frame had subtle and obvious relations to the verbs, nouns, and adjectives used before + music + Govind Vasantha's sound trancing up the vibe.
The way the director gave only glimpses of Pepe as Theyyam during the movie and saved his performance for the credit roll was genius. To me, Tinu Pappachan has risen above LJP because the logic and radical rationality he dueled kind of overshadows the mystic and magic realm LJP used in Churuli (sorry, but had to say).
This movie made me smell many frames, feel the touch of the blades on my legs and back, and caroon over the oxymorons. Beautiful. I feel like this is like a dark and gory Sandesham movie and a deeper look at the facts.
Also, the way character descriptions kept rolling in, from the beginning till the last, was very suspenseful. I was literally at the edge of my seat throughout. Lord, it was a quick burner for movie and anything but.
What a movie, TP! Smitten, smitten, and head over heels!
Also, Kiran was every bit amazing. Perfection incarnate. I am so glad it was Pepe and not someone else who was cast. Beautifully done.
PS: I remember this circular broken glass that looked like the eye of an elephant during the last half of the movie that simply made the reference of the elephant more poignant without ever showing the mad elephant, and even painting a vivider picture of the elephant-like madness of humans.