Asphyxiod
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Although, Anurag Kashyap could have pulled it off much better, the film-makers yet managed to nail it with good balance of style & substance. Surely, this film is not everyone's cup of tea 'cause its a very new platter of bizarreness & surrealism, something that's not a stereotype Bollywood.
The first quarter of the movie is a bit lame & has cringe-worthy moments wherein they introduce the characters whilst trying hard to feed the audience how bizarre & psychotic is Bobby, the lead, played by Kangana. Dialogs & moments that were meant to be funny can't even manage to get a smirk. Editing is quite abrupt and after every last line delivered, there's a moment of blank faces of characters just looking at each other as you wonder 'Ok...so, why....what are they thinking?'.
But the momentum gains when Bobby's obsession on Keshav (her tenant), rises and his wife is found dead. Editing dept. takes a sharp turn and starts to blend Bobby's psychosis with flashes of her delusions while the plot keeps rolling.
Satish Kaushik as the police detective was a bad choice as it was seemingly obvious that he can act no more. Rajkumar Rao's full potential wasn't explored but he makes a good screen presence. Kangana is surely the one who steals the show.
The pace of the movie increases further, high up till the climax with a twist. The Cinematography & Art direction especially in the second half is lavish & very well done. Red Herrings & Foreshadowing are appropriately used and nothing is overdone, making the movie crisp, subtle & short.
Overall, JHK is a refreshing experience and quite original to be in Bollywood's scarce list of Psychological thrillers; perhaps straight after Raman Raghav 2.0.
The first quarter of the movie is a bit lame & has cringe-worthy moments wherein they introduce the characters whilst trying hard to feed the audience how bizarre & psychotic is Bobby, the lead, played by Kangana. Dialogs & moments that were meant to be funny can't even manage to get a smirk. Editing is quite abrupt and after every last line delivered, there's a moment of blank faces of characters just looking at each other as you wonder 'Ok...so, why....what are they thinking?'.
But the momentum gains when Bobby's obsession on Keshav (her tenant), rises and his wife is found dead. Editing dept. takes a sharp turn and starts to blend Bobby's psychosis with flashes of her delusions while the plot keeps rolling.
Satish Kaushik as the police detective was a bad choice as it was seemingly obvious that he can act no more. Rajkumar Rao's full potential wasn't explored but he makes a good screen presence. Kangana is surely the one who steals the show.
The pace of the movie increases further, high up till the climax with a twist. The Cinematography & Art direction especially in the second half is lavish & very well done. Red Herrings & Foreshadowing are appropriately used and nothing is overdone, making the movie crisp, subtle & short.
Overall, JHK is a refreshing experience and quite original to be in Bollywood's scarce list of Psychological thrillers; perhaps straight after Raman Raghav 2.0.
There will be blood is a Path breaking Artistic Cinema of an Ambiguous & Epic Tale, so uniquely different that it will influence filmmakers for generations. Seemed to have written with a definitive pattern, Paul Thomas Anderson successfully exemplifies the most top-notch character study ever written in the history of cinema.
The Post TWBB viewing experience has lead to Innumerable conceptions & misconceptions amongst different viewers. This is because, this movie neither allow us to get linked with the plot which lays underneath nor letting us into the character's shoes. So the after effect is nothing but confusion about various events of the plot lying on its surface and struggle to understand the meaning of those events.
But once you are in it, the blood will flow through your veins with a force so stout, that the Movie will haunt you. The more you watch again, the more you shall extract and gradually break through its enigma.
The significance of this Movie's greatness is that it's been gifted with a screenplay deliberately planted with loose ends and missing links, but filled with allusions.
At first place, TWBB is a homage paid to Stanley Kubrick Movies and many other classics. In other way, the entire movie can be said as an elaborated portray of the first section of 2001: A Space Odyssey's "The Dawn of Man" Again here, "The Dawn of Man" depicts the invention of 'Tool' (which lead to a perpetual progress of mankind) and domination of the Inventor in the fight of conflicts for drinking water of the land. TWBB too, illustrates the discovery of 'Oil' by the protagonist and his conquest over the conflicts with various other opportunists.
The plot of the movie remains less significant to what is shown in the Movie. The crux lies in what is not shown in the Movie.
Set at the Turn of the 20th Century, The Lead Character of the Movie is Daniel Plainview, a ruthless & highly ambitious opportunists who struggles his way up to become an Oil Tycoon; a person for whom the only route for salvation is accumulation of unlimited wealth. On surface, we only see him as a greedy businessman, but as soon as we try to think what makes him that, we are on a journey of understanding this vibrant personality - The terrible past or childhood days of Daniel Plainview, not shown or narrated in the Movie, which molded the mind of this man. And then you have all answers, for why Plainview never hits his son, why he hates common people, why he never worship god.
The Movie depicts the Two Primary Driving Forces of Human Civilization which is Capitalism & Religion, in its early stage. The Petroleum Boom & Religious Propaganda intensifies as all human sentiments of greed, social recognition, religious fanaticism, love, family, ambition & survival unravel amongst the various characters setting up an odyssey of conflicts of opportunists for who shall defy or abide whom.
Leaving the Plot aside, There will be blood has one of the greatest one man towering performance in the history of cinema. Daniel Day Lewis accurately depicts the central character of Daniel Plainview immortalizing that character.
"I can't keep doing this on my own with these People" - The dialog will remain immortal.
The Post TWBB viewing experience has lead to Innumerable conceptions & misconceptions amongst different viewers. This is because, this movie neither allow us to get linked with the plot which lays underneath nor letting us into the character's shoes. So the after effect is nothing but confusion about various events of the plot lying on its surface and struggle to understand the meaning of those events.
But once you are in it, the blood will flow through your veins with a force so stout, that the Movie will haunt you. The more you watch again, the more you shall extract and gradually break through its enigma.
The significance of this Movie's greatness is that it's been gifted with a screenplay deliberately planted with loose ends and missing links, but filled with allusions.
At first place, TWBB is a homage paid to Stanley Kubrick Movies and many other classics. In other way, the entire movie can be said as an elaborated portray of the first section of 2001: A Space Odyssey's "The Dawn of Man" Again here, "The Dawn of Man" depicts the invention of 'Tool' (which lead to a perpetual progress of mankind) and domination of the Inventor in the fight of conflicts for drinking water of the land. TWBB too, illustrates the discovery of 'Oil' by the protagonist and his conquest over the conflicts with various other opportunists.
The plot of the movie remains less significant to what is shown in the Movie. The crux lies in what is not shown in the Movie.
Set at the Turn of the 20th Century, The Lead Character of the Movie is Daniel Plainview, a ruthless & highly ambitious opportunists who struggles his way up to become an Oil Tycoon; a person for whom the only route for salvation is accumulation of unlimited wealth. On surface, we only see him as a greedy businessman, but as soon as we try to think what makes him that, we are on a journey of understanding this vibrant personality - The terrible past or childhood days of Daniel Plainview, not shown or narrated in the Movie, which molded the mind of this man. And then you have all answers, for why Plainview never hits his son, why he hates common people, why he never worship god.
The Movie depicts the Two Primary Driving Forces of Human Civilization which is Capitalism & Religion, in its early stage. The Petroleum Boom & Religious Propaganda intensifies as all human sentiments of greed, social recognition, religious fanaticism, love, family, ambition & survival unravel amongst the various characters setting up an odyssey of conflicts of opportunists for who shall defy or abide whom.
Leaving the Plot aside, There will be blood has one of the greatest one man towering performance in the history of cinema. Daniel Day Lewis accurately depicts the central character of Daniel Plainview immortalizing that character.
"I can't keep doing this on my own with these People" - The dialog will remain immortal.
Year 2003. Quentin Tarantino directed Kill Bill Vol.1 which had a climax scene of sword action between Uma Thurman & Lucy Liu. There is a beautiful sequence of shots wherein the two duelist are photographed in close-ups & simultaneously, a long shot where, the two actors are placed on the right corner of the screen while, a pivoted water tap moving up and down is placed on the left part of the screen. Year 1985. Ketan Mehta, India's acclaimed director and in his best cinematic achievement, had directed a similar shot wherein one of cinema's most memorable & immortal villain character played by Naseeruddin Shah counts-down from 10 to 1 alarming the lead actress to come out of her hideout simultaneously photographed with a Water Tap on the Extreme Left of the 70 mm screen, creating a magnificent scene.
And since then, there has been no such cinematography ever induced in any other Indian Movies. For those foreign audience, be noted, that this Movie is not a conventional Hindi movie loaded with songs. This Movie is a serious cinema of high degree of art.
Only 4 words can make a review of this movie: "Watch it on Priority" !
And since then, there has been no such cinematography ever induced in any other Indian Movies. For those foreign audience, be noted, that this Movie is not a conventional Hindi movie loaded with songs. This Movie is a serious cinema of high degree of art.
Only 4 words can make a review of this movie: "Watch it on Priority" !
