Thursday, March 01, 2007

Different type of movie

Of late, we have started to encounter movies that are different. And I am talking about movies in all languages.

A couple of years ago, it was the season of moral-less women protagonists in Hindi movies. Then last year I guess it was extended to Tamil movies too.

Outside of these crappy ones, some directors have also come up with movies that have been made differently. Like in Ayudha Ezhuthu, you had 3 different stories going on separate tracks but merging at one point. A few years back, there was 12B - which was all about 'what could have been' vs 'what is'. Then there was Virumaandi, which had the same story narrated in 2 different perspectives.

Obviously, one cannot deny that all these movies have been "inspired" by Hollywood.

But I have a new type of movie that I would like to see. Probably someone has made it already, but I haven't seen it or read about it. So I will claim my idea to a new one!

You see, we read so many stories where the hero is narrating the events, as he sees them. In real life too, we have so many movie worthy incidents that we experience. And we experience it first hand.

So, why not make a movie where we don't get to see the lead character? Basically, we are the lead character. Until we get to a reflecting surface, the lead character should not be visible. The story should unfold in front of the camera and the camera itself is the character.

You get it? That's the kind of movie I wanna see.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Well, there is a spectacular movie exactly like what you say being made as we speak. It is called "My Life", starring me.