Love / Hate
Why I like... Iberia
The magnificent blend of poetry and flamenco, the honesty and splendour of the visual structure and the brilliance of the dancers and musicians make this film by Carlos Sauraa a classic for cinema and the performing arts. I also love Sethu, the breakthrough film for Vikram. The role, the pace, the story, the unflinching despair... everything was so raw and convincing that I wrote a note to him telling him that after Al Pacino in Scarface, that was the role I lost sleep over.
Anita Ratnam, Contemporary dance-actor and cultural activist
Why I hate... The Da Vinci Code
I am most disappointed with Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. I am a student of parallel mythology and a specialist in Goddess mythology from ancient cultures. The books were interesting but the movies were reduced to verbal diarrhoea and visual bilge. Lots of cuts, blabber and hit-and-run scenes. The Die Hard and Rambo series were more honest and a lot more entertaining to watch.
(as told to subha j rao)
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