70 Man of the Story

Message

What A Disgrace · #1 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:00 pm

MovieMail preorder for Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 1996 film.

What A Disgrace · #2 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:38 pm

I'll say it: I'm stoked. Rat Trap was a major discovery for me, and I've been itching to see more of Gopalakrishnan's films ever since.

antnield · #3 Post by **antnield** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:23 pm

New release date: August 20th

Bikey · #4 Post by **Bikey** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:50 am

Full details of the release now up at our website

Bikey · #5 Post by **Bikey** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:55 pm

First review of our Man of the Story now in...
Anthony Nield at The Digital Fix

MichaelB · #6 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:38 pm

Mondo Digital.

Bikey · #7 Post by **Bikey** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:42 pm

L K Weston at Cine Outsider

Man of the Story can be sold on Adoor's considerable reputation alone, but it can also be sold on the fact that it’s a deftly-crafted and incredibly powerful film that’s a true landmark, both in Adoor's career and film culture as a whole. An essential purchase.

Bikey · #8 Post by **Bikey** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 2:44 pm

David Jenkins at Little White Lies

Bikey · #9 Post by **Bikey** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:12 pm

DVD Beaver

Peacock · #10 Post by **Peacock** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:13 am

Appeared in Tadao Sato's Sight and Sound All-Time Top 10 this year.... very intrigued!

Bikey · #11 Post by **Bikey** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:38 am

A wonderful review by Mark Cousins in the latest Sight & Sound

Lemmy Caution · #12 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:15 pm

Very nice film.
Though the last 1/4 dragged a bit.
And the dubbing, especially for crying scenes, wasn't great.
A very lived-in sort of film with some great scenery.
Very much in the Satyajit Ray tradition.

Not as good as his superb later film Shadow Kill, but certainly makes me want to see more Gopalakrishnan films. I see Second Run has also put out Rat Trap. Will have to get that.
Any other Gopalakrishnan's available on Dvd?

knives · #13 Post by **knives** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:42 am

I get that Indian cinema is always a major risk, but this film deserves some major love. I haven't seem Gopalakrishnan's other films but this is really a magnificent work up there with the best I've seen from the country. Just the way the camera and structure works to turn this ordinary story into an intimate fairy tale is enough to put it ahead of the class, but just about everything concerning the film hit the right spot (for me). Honestly one of SR's best.

MichaelB · #14 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:51 pm

Your chance to interview Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

Site Menu