Read the full review on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/luca-movie-review-tovino-thomas-ahaana-krishnakumar-baradwaj-rangan
Spoilers ahead…
Arun Bose’s Luca is a carefully (some might say “artily”) designed film, and we see this care, this art, right from the opening, which is a jumble of images. A woman rises after sleep. A man roams the streets on his bike, in the rain. A sculptor works in his studio. Slowly, these fragments begin to cohere, and we meet two couples: one in the present, where it’s always raining, and one in the past, drenched in sunlight. The former, first. They are Akbar (Nithin George) and Fathima (Vinitha Koshy), and they are on the verge of a divorce. Akbar, a cop, is haunted by memories of Janet, and theirs is the first love song we see. Malayalam cinema keeps finding ways to break the mould. Elsewhere, the big star would be the one with this song, with its refrain: Tu chura gayi dil ki dhadkan. If we are to take this literally, Janet has stolen Akbar’s heartbeats, and there are none left for Fathima. Akbar, therefore, wants to set her free.
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Sri Prabhuram
July 1, 2019
You posted the link for your review of Sindhubaadh
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brangan
July 1, 2019
Fixed, thanks.
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Sri Prabhuram
July 1, 2019
Loved how both of your reviews of Jiivi & Luca explained how much technique can impact a film. Reminded me of your “Use the force” article.
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abishekspeare
July 1, 2019
“I didn’t go to film schools, I went to… baradwajrangan.wordpress.com”
-Quentin Tara-Auntyno
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vinjk
July 2, 2019
I felt your review of Sindhubaadh and Luca has some similarity especially your complaint about both and how you concluded the review.
In Sindhubaadh review you wrote “it takes more than touches to make a movie”
Here you write, “Mere technique cannot make a movie”
You posting link to Sindhubaadh review under Luca review might be your subconscious mind at work! 😀
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