KB is a master at combining POETRY OF THE THEATRE (i.e. the use of vivid prose language to achieve heightned emotional expression that is often the domain of poetry) with THEATRE OF POST-MODERNISM (i.e. experimental or “new-theatre” forms in which nonverbal codes and images take precedence over spoken language requiring the audience to project their own interpretation [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 18, 2008
POInt of View Part 4: Intertextual Cinema
Vividly remember being asked to write a paper on Chris Landreth’s “The End”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY-TRd9VujA
The most revealing part of this animation was the voice on the phone. Probably a character familiar with intertextuality as a literary theory.
Bruce Meyer’s explanation:
Intertextual writing demands that the reader come armed with an extensive knowledge of what literature is, who the main authors are, [...]
January 7, 2008
POInt of View Part 3: Sea, Spark & Fate
An interpretation of Poi using the film as a montage of poems. The opening scene of Poi ends with the caption: He is trying to empty the sea. Using two simple couplets from Valluvar’s Thirukural, the objects in this scene can be used as a prop.
Treat the sea as a source of knowledge. The opening song hints about a tune [...]
January 5, 2008
POInt of View Part 2: new WINE in OLD BOTTLE
“It is impossible to legislate taste, and if it were possible, it would be repugnant. There are no commandments in art and no easy axioms for art appreciation. ‘Do I like this?’ is the question anyone should ask themselves at the moment of confrontation with the picture. But if ‘yes’, why ‘yes?’ and if ‘no’, [...]
January 3, 2008
POInt of View Part 1: Poetic Justice For KB?
During the 150th convocation of the University of Madras on 12 November 2007, K.Balachander was honoured with a D.Litt degree (doctorate in Literature).
Poetic justice?
Yes sir… No sir… I don’t know sir…
Time for Arts & Humanities graduates to find ways to exploit his films. Till then, the simpleton is going to have fun…
Poi is a poem written in [...]
