'Love' and 'Nymphomaniac' triggered a ruckus in Goa IFFI and IFFK Thiruvananthapuram in the last two yearsThiruvananthapuram: Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' and Argentine filmmaker Gasper Noe’s ‘Love' triggered a ruckus in Goa IFFI and IFFK Thiruvananthapuram in the last two years.
“Many years ago, probably in the mid-eighties at a festival held in Thiruvananthapuram, much before it was made the permanent venue of IFFK, it was Julia and Julia – the movie starring Kathleen Turner and Sting,” an eminent wag brushed up his memory for Onmanorama.
For the uninitiated, we are talking about the buzz surrounding a particular movie which begins much before the festival.
Make no mistake, there is an invisible, faceless queue that is formed for these movies, much before even the delegate passes reach their respective owners.
The common thread that binds all these movies is the perceived tag of 'erotica' that somehow gets attached to them. And then the "trickle down" effect begins.
France-based Argentine filmmaker Gasper Noe's controversial 3D movie 'Love' had raised the temper even before the start of the IFFK 2015.
Heated arguments for and against the screening of the 3D film frayed tempers in the IFFK advisory panel headed by noted filmmaker Shaji N. Karun.
The film was screened in Cannes as well as in Goa fete. Click here to read more.
Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac', based on the travails of a young woman's life, had raised the temper similarly in Goa in November 2014.
Protests erupted in IFFI in Goa for the first time that year, after delegates who did not manage to grab a seat in the most erotic movie of the fete raised a hue and cry.
Gasper Noe’s Irreversible, starring Monica Bellucci, had similarly split the film fraternity at Cannes, with a section of the audience walking out, apparently disgusted by the “explicit” portrayal of sex scenes.
And so the buzz is already rearing its head.
And the probable title that is going to scorch the screens this time is.......................... We can only give a clue...the movie is being screened today.
