i had chanced upon a dvd with 6 oscar movies in it. it had a collection that was a treat to watch.
The first i watched was 'one flew over the cuckoo's nest. of course a classic that stands out for the leads' performances.
next came 'kramer vs. kramer ' the. movie left a lot more imprints on me than the earlier one. the film opens with a close up shot of young Demi moore's beautiful face, clearly disturbed and deep in some thought. It is this image of Moore that would stay with you for another hour weighing on her side of the scale and certainly lays foundation for the movie.
It is a finely crafted shot for me. you absorb the face's beauty you are disturbed by its lack of love for her lover. you worried about wat is troubling her and want to side with her. The movie is half done there in that one shot. That done now the movie rolls on. now the director wins your heart for the father. The way he grows into being the father of his son, the way he relishes it, the way he falters and mends himself. the extents he goes to even loose his promising job for the sake of his child. a neighbor who initially fights with Kramer for being bad to his wife slowly witnesses him transform and eventually pleads for him with his wife. it was all absolutely interesting stuff for drama that can win anybody, i kept asking my wife, who also got hooked on to the movie, if no Tamil movie had been made on these interesting lines, given the penchant of our makers to lift interesting things off Hollywood.
some scenes stood out for me, like the one where a office colleague says 'yes' to kramer for dinner without even looking up while knowing where he was looking; the child, tears overflowing, asking if his father would marry again, the court scenes where kramer slowly understands his wife and puts his case out in a convincing manner.
The first i watched was 'one flew over the cuckoo's nest. of course a classic that stands out for the leads' performances.
next came 'kramer vs. kramer ' the. movie left a lot more imprints on me than the earlier one. the film opens with a close up shot of young Demi moore's beautiful face, clearly disturbed and deep in some thought. It is this image of Moore that would stay with you for another hour weighing on her side of the scale and certainly lays foundation for the movie.
It is a finely crafted shot for me. you absorb the face's beauty you are disturbed by its lack of love for her lover. you worried about wat is troubling her and want to side with her. The movie is half done there in that one shot. That done now the movie rolls on. now the director wins your heart for the father. The way he grows into being the father of his son, the way he relishes it, the way he falters and mends himself. the extents he goes to even loose his promising job for the sake of his child. a neighbor who initially fights with Kramer for being bad to his wife slowly witnesses him transform and eventually pleads for him with his wife. it was all absolutely interesting stuff for drama that can win anybody, i kept asking my wife, who also got hooked on to the movie, if no Tamil movie had been made on these interesting lines, given the penchant of our makers to lift interesting things off Hollywood.
some scenes stood out for me, like the one where a office colleague says 'yes' to kramer for dinner without even looking up while knowing where he was looking; the child, tears overflowing, asking if his father would marry again, the court scenes where kramer slowly understands his wife and puts his case out in a convincing manner.
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