THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK The works of David Lynch, which are hard to categorise into any one genre, are to be treated like Franz Kafka – watched, pondered over, understood, and only then will one realise his genius. Yayaati Joshi in his monthly Film Freak, pens some thoughts about Lynch and some of his movies.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK Yayaati Joshi discusses the film Today’s Special and says that it is one of those commercial movies that are classified as a B-movie, only because it is made on a low budget. It’s a well-made film, he explains, but has remained that sort of a movie that goes unnoticed, because of the general lack of appreciation for such B-films.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK This month, Yayaati Joshi picks two films to illustrate how movies in the ‘action’ genre need not be all about gore and violence but could also be about nuanced and subtle filmmaking. He insists that people who do not tolerate ‘action’ as a genre and dismiss many good movies that broadly fall under this category, indeed miss a lot by not watching such films. Catch him discussing Bronson and Violent Cop.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK If you expect Irving Wallace to deliver a Salman Rushdie, you’re the fool, says Yayaati Joshi about Rowdy Rathore.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK Yayaati Joshi is befuddled as to why Housefull2 runs to packed houses when critics have written it off. And he has an inkling of an answer, which questions the very basic measure of a movie’s success: the box office. Read on to find out.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK | Agent Vinod is ridden with clichés and caricatures, says Yayaati Joshi. While he went expecting something better or different from the Bond and Bourne films that he has watched, he was disappointed.
Yayaati Joshi faces the same troubles with his mail box like most of us – spam mails that announce him as a winner of everything from millions of dollars to plethora of enticing gadgets. Initially having been misled smartly into reading them, he has now learnt a bit more than just ignoring such mails. He now knows how to have his share of perverted fun – a happy beginning indeed to addressing spamming troubles! Read on, you are sure to smile away.
We sure are not going to play spoilsport by saying what film Yayaati Joshi has picked to revisit and share his personal view. Since we say film, you may have already guessed which theme this piece has set out to honour. Yayaati’s article is written to celebrate the spirit of the June 2011 issue, ‘Movie Magic’.
Bringing in the retro touch to the theme, ‘Time Machine,’ Yayaati Joshi takes us back in time, offering an interesting perspective on ‘Pygmalion’ – a movie adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play.