I hardly trust my mind when it comes to watching and understanding movies that have memories in a major role. I was first fascinated by Memories of Murder wherein memories played a sort of major character.
Anantharam is altogether different where two different memories have been retold on a story to showcase two different personalities of a character. Both of them starts at one same station and end at the same destination, yet both of them are so different, it puts the viewers in questioning the narration.
There are some minor scenes which really help to understand what exactly has happened throughout the movie. Sometimes the movie felt filled with the formula "show, don't tell", yet one or two junctions help us in understanding the sequences; not necessarily they can be the same for everyone. Moreover, the way it started, it felt like this is going to be an introduction of "Postmodern" cinema in India. However, the importance and use of memories show that the structure of the story is set to be like that of an absurdist story. This film fascinates on a lot of levels, be it story or techniques or direction and they ask to be scrutinized separately. And that is what makes it to be rewatched and rewatched to explore it in detail. -- 5/5.
Anantharam is altogether different where two different memories have been retold on a story to showcase two different personalities of a character. Both of them starts at one same station and end at the same destination, yet both of them are so different, it puts the viewers in questioning the narration.
There are some minor scenes which really help to understand what exactly has happened throughout the movie. Sometimes the movie felt filled with the formula "show, don't tell", yet one or two junctions help us in understanding the sequences; not necessarily they can be the same for everyone. Moreover, the way it started, it felt like this is going to be an introduction of "Postmodern" cinema in India. However, the importance and use of memories show that the structure of the story is set to be like that of an absurdist story. This film fascinates on a lot of levels, be it story or techniques or direction and they ask to be scrutinized separately. And that is what makes it to be rewatched and rewatched to explore it in detail. -- 5/5.