Pride of the Desi's - Continued

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In October 2006, I had posted showcasing the greatness in film making of a desi director from New York who had by then, completed "Take the A train", "Call Center" and "Little Man". At that time he was actively seeking funding for his upcoming movie "Kissing Cousins" and we were all eagerly awaiting this. Just so you know, Amyn Kaderali has completed it, a while ago in fact, and the trailer is available and looks great. The DVD is out, if you are a netflixer, I can confirm that it is available to check out. The danger of staying too long in short films is the possibility of losing the ability to create engaging screenplay in longer movies. The aspects of the film that shock and capture the audience in a short film is very different, its akin to a gymnast performing for a few minutes for the gold. A full length movie on the other hand is like a 7-setter Australian Open, it needs to be competitively engaging through variation and consistency. Needless to say, based on the trailer, Amyn has pulled this off and I am eagerly waiting for my Netflix queue to move up.

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4 comments

stellar review

2:18 AM

[zaph] You kidding me? Either you were sarcastic or you're losing your touch :)

10:49 AM

nope, am being straight-up honest. you gave us the director's portfolio thus far, helped us what he could be like. Then provided a logical argument as to why this movie could be challenging and your opinion that he seems to have succeeded. It was short, you did not fall into the trap of recounting what you had seen. Your typical movie reviews might suck on a regular basis, but this was good.

3:22 PM

[zaph] Gracias! I just don't have the stomach for compliments any more :)

7:35 PM

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