Final Solution

First of all, to those bloggers who have made me feel somewhat understood, and perhaps a little less cynical – a sincere thank you from the depths of my heart.
____________________________________________________

Final Solution

Went to see Final Solution on Friday evening with boss woman’s husband.

I was very disappointed. To begin with, it’s 148 mins long, that’s 2 hrs and 28 mins. Much too long for a documentary, was my original thought, should be able to say what you need to in an hour, but let’s see it before we judge.

And this is what I saw – a series of eye witness accounts cut with Narendra Modi giving speeches during the Gaurav Yatra, many plates with large amounts of text containing investigative findings, timelines and meanings of words like ‘Gaurav’ and ‘Yatra’.

I think sitting through this film would desensitize even those with anti-fundamentalist sympathies. And sure enough, people started walking out in the middle – I stuck it out for an hour and a half, more out of support for a documentary film maker trying to make a difference than anything else.

What is the point of showing so much footage of the same thing. Okay you show different scenarios – arson, molestation, the Sabarmati Express, but at some point you have to move ahead and talk of solutions and perhaps some historical or political insight.

I think a film like this would have been much more effective had it focused on two or three families with victims instead of a hundred. And you can’t expect an audience to handle large amounts of text containing complex timelines and findings. Why didn’t he use a narrator? Or have characters talking about the incidents/findings?
____________________________________________________

Built a lego house with my sweet niece today.

She is so grown up now, when B came around and started pulling her cheeks, she said ‘Excuse me. That is my mouth and it hurts.’!!