Normally, i watch a movie, appreciate it, may be watch again ( V for Vendetta, Vanilla Sky), discuss with friends (Mullholland Drive), inadvertently pick a dialogue or two ( Lucky Number Slevin), try to draw parallels (Dev D- Trainspotting), quiz about it (Sholay). Yet, i cant think of a time when i have written about a movie.
Road,Movie then, is the first one to be so. Its not as if i watched the movie yesterday and was so impressed that i couldnt suppress the need to write about it. It been almost a week.
While watching the movie, the deja vu started going round and round and round my head, until i clamped it to One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabrel Garcia Marquez.
However, it was Anas's question: What does the punctuation mark in the title of the movie mean? that enveloped me.
Here are few of my interpretations:
1. Dev Benegal made English, August a decade back. May be the comma is his leit motif.
2. Road movie is a genre of movies which are structured such: hero on a journey, faces challanges, gains allies, accompolishes a task and in the process discovers himself. Thus, Road,Movie which is an example of this genre takes its name from the genre.
3. The film has two components: the road and a touring moviehall. Then, may be the comma is used as 'and'. A usage of comma as 'and' is," Saffron, white and green are three colors of indian flag."
4. Road was a movie which was screened few years back. To distinguish the current feature, ',movie' was used as an extension. Daag,the fire is one such example.
5. May be the comma doesnt mean naything. The director used his creative license.
Road,Movie then, is the first one to be so. Its not as if i watched the movie yesterday and was so impressed that i couldnt suppress the need to write about it. It been almost a week.
While watching the movie, the deja vu started going round and round and round my head, until i clamped it to One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabrel Garcia Marquez.
However, it was Anas's question: What does the punctuation mark in the title of the movie mean? that enveloped me.
Here are few of my interpretations:
1. Dev Benegal made English, August a decade back. May be the comma is his leit motif.
2. Road movie is a genre of movies which are structured such: hero on a journey, faces challanges, gains allies, accompolishes a task and in the process discovers himself. Thus, Road,Movie which is an example of this genre takes its name from the genre.
3. The film has two components: the road and a touring moviehall. Then, may be the comma is used as 'and'. A usage of comma as 'and' is," Saffron, white and green are three colors of indian flag."
4. Road was a movie which was screened few years back. To distinguish the current feature, ',movie' was used as an extension. Daag,the fire is one such example.
5. May be the comma doesnt mean naything. The director used his creative license.
Hah.. 2nd and 3rd interpretations could vert well be the reason behind it. Although, only Dev B. can answer it with any amount of certainty..He also made "Split wide open" and there was no "," in it ..
ReplyDeleteThinking more , actually putting "," would have made most sense for that title. "Split, wide open" ( little corny,but what the heck )
-Anas
Interesting movie nevertheless!
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