Thursday, July 10, 2008

Antoinini says "athu dhaan da valkai"

Watch this video and then start reading.




Did you watch it completely?
Did you see that the man with the camera vanishes at the end?
Did you see all those colorful characters,what do they remind you of?
Did you hear sound of ball hitting the racquet?
Finally did the scene make any sense to you?

Well Antoinini lays stress on the thin line between reality and illusion in this scene.Initially he looks at the mime tennis rather amused,but starts believing it as everyone seems to be following the game.The camera follows the imaginary ball moving on the court and slowly as he begins to believe,he seems to hear the sound of ball hitting the racket.And when he puts down his camera to throw the imaginary ball so that they can continue the game,the mime pretty much seems to indicate though we have our own perceptions we act according to what others believe.That's what we do in life.We abandon what we have understood just because a group of people,all colorful punks believe otherwise.And at last frame he vanishes,which suggests if we go on following what others do,we might after all just vanish.Well this is just my perception of the scene.
For all those who got bored seeing the scene,i have the best closure line to
say-"These things always happen,you'll always remain ignorant and athu dhaan da valkai".


athu dhaan da valkai-"that's life" Movie-Blow up

4 comments:

Zen Dude said...
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Zen Dude said...

Valkai oru Vattam. Adula Valukai vizhundavanaku valkai irukum but Vazhuki vizhundavanaku valkai irukuma? :D

arvi said...

super scene. and a gr8 movie too.. lol at sri's comments.... :-)

sriram said...

great interpretation of a haunting scene !!! this is a superb analysis of the master director