Three-dimensional (3D) films have made their presence felt in the recent edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).
Last year, French master Jean Luc Godard, at 84 years of age, surprised everyone with an experimental narrative in 3D, titled ‘Goodbye to Language’. A year before, the 3D presence in IFFK was through the anthology film 3X3D.
It had films by Godard, British film-maker Peter Greenaway and Portuguese film-maker Edgar Pera.
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This year, it would be a much bigger treat for the 3D film buffs.
The festival this year, which opens with a 3D film, will also have a separate package of 3D films. Though a couple of films in the package have already had a theatrical run, the rest will be a novelty for the audience here.
One of the key films in this package will be Argentinian film-maker Gaspar Noe’s latest film ‘Love’, which was earlier screened at Cannes, Toronto and the IFFI Goa this year.
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The film is structured as the reminiscences of Murphy, a married man, who one day receives a phone call from the mother of his old girlfriend Electra, who has gone missing. He spends a rainy day recollecting the greatest love affair of his life.
The next film in the package is ‘Pan’, directed by Joe Wright. ‘Pan’ is a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s popular story of Peter Pan. Joe Wright has a history of making on-screen adaptations of literary classics. Prior to ‘Pan’, he made films based on Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina’. Though ‘Pan’ received some amount of panning from critics when it was released, it should nevertheless be an interesting watch.
‘Everything will be fine’ is an unlikely movie for a 3D treatment.
Directed by one of Germany’s best known film-makers, Wim Wenders, the film is a drama on the effects that the feeling of guilt has on the life of a writer, who is responsible for a fatal accident.
The film stars popular actors James Franco and Rachel McAdams.
Next on the list is Ridley Scott’s science fiction film ‘The Martian’, on the struggles of an astronaut who is presumed dead and left behind in Mars.
The film which was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival is also tipped to win a few statuettes at the Oscars this year.
Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ would perhaps have the least rush among the films in this package, having run in theatres here for months on end.
The festival opens with Jean Jacques Annaud’s 3D film ‘Wolf Totem’, set in the deep interiors of China.