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i just finished seeing #Trance (malayalam w/ english sub-titles, 2020, amazon prime video). it totally rips the mask off the entire RoL evangelism industry, and shows how it's a huge money-making fraud. the film shows the villains dying, but in real life they thrive. must watch.
next, #jallikattu (malayalam w/ english sub-titles, 2019, amazon prime video), india's official entry to the oscars this year. about the killing of an errant buffalo, as social commentary. maybe like #maranasimhasanam (throne of death, 1999, camera d'or at cannes). there a 1/2
man is sentenced to death on the newly arrived 'throne', a world-bank-funded electric chair, and becomes a minor celebrity on that count. the kerala villagers, the political parties, and the govt, and the (happy!) victim himself all become partners in a macabre game of death 2/2
