Film review format:
1. Introduction:
In introduction of the film review, make the thesis statement, consider the
film whether it reflect on current issues or contemporary issues.
2. Follow
your thesis statement paragraph with short summary: write short plot of the
story. Talk about main characters settings and point of film.
3. Move
into analysis of the film: factual point of view with own opinion. Write point
of view like historical, cultural, social realism, fantasy, meta-fiction or
science fiction. Give some ideas, guidelines, examples, or dialogues of the
film to support your own opinion.
4. Wrap
up your review with a conclusion. It should be back to your original thesis and
provide some guidance as to whether the audience go and see the film.
Eg.
Review of Nepali movie: Selfie
King
Selfie King
RELEASE : 2020
Genre: Tragedy, drama
Runtime: 125 minutes
Screenwriter/director:
Bishal Sapkota
Cast: Bipin Karki, Laxmi
Bardewa, Abhay Baral, Bhuwan Chand, Lokmani Sapkota, Jiban Bhattarai, Sabin
Bastola, Baldip Rai, Amitesh Shah, etc
Selfie King, a movie of Bishal
Sapkota is an ice break in current Nepali film industry. It has established the notion that
it is not only comedy films
that
are super hit in recent filmy scenario
but also a tragic movie can have its own ground set up if we present the story
as realistically. It presents realistic life of a comedian[d1] . It wants to portrait that reel life and real life are
completely different.
Selfie
King, a movie directed and written by Bishal Sapkota has Bipin Karki as a main
character. Bipin karki has presented him as a stage performer. He is the one
who hosts the program. He is known to all over the nation as Selfie King.
However, the film is not about his public life. It presents his personal life.
The film begins with the scene of parents who are having the realistic features
of husband and wife. As they are watching the show, the father cracks with
laughter. He has got stroke and taken to hospital. In mean time Selfie king has
been informed. He reaches the hospital. He is blamed as irresponsible son.
Despite having his father
hospitalized, he goes to Salleri to take part in show. He gets news of father death and
requests the organizer to manage him to return back as he wanted to see the
face of his father.
However, he has been blamed as irresponsible one.
With difficulties, he
reaches the place but his father is in pyre and funeral fire has been given.
[d2] The film presents the picture of an artist. The film can be
taken as a deceiving tragedy. The audiences might have thought about the title
and actor who stands as a comedian. To their contrast, they find it as tragedy
that presents the tragic personal life style of an artist. The film has social realism[d3] . The father of the main
character doesn’t like his son to be an actor. It is an emotional story that
touches the heart of audience. It tries to present the differences between reel
life and real life. It also tries to present how an artist has a show up which
may be far away from reality. For example, the utterance of Selfie King about
stardom in Salleri: “stardom
is like urination that pretends to be warmer for a time being, but in reality
it has cold and odor comes. Nobody likes to sleep with urination[d4] .” The film also presents the irony in realistic life of an artist[d5] . The audience or fans
consider the life of an artist moves smoothly; however, they do not know underline
meaning of the life. The film tries to unmask the real life of an artist. For
example, the people in the bus question the appearance of Selfie King. It also
satires on certificate based workmanship. The co-driver of the bus asks Selfie
King.” What must be the educational background for an artist?” However, Selfie
King replies him that as much education as a co-driver needs. The in-depth
meaning of the utterance is that one has to be efficient enough in acting and
performance. It does not have any connection with certificate rather it is
associated with workmanship. It is indirect response to those, who keep on criticizing
an artist based on formal education system. Though the film raises the social
reality of an artist, it has some unrealistic presentation too.
It is more dramatic that the dad falls unconscious
when he is watching his son performance.. But, it has been presented that nose
bleeds and he blacks out. He is taken to hospital and it has come into notice
that he has stroke. Similarly, the conversation in between Selfie King and his
wife at hospital is unrealistic. She wants to know about extramarital affairs
of husband[d6] [d7] . No people will talk about such thing in the situation,
where a family member is struggling in between life and death. The menatal
ordeal of stardom does not sound natural here. [d8]
The story wants to present
the difficulties faced by an artist. It tries to present the realistic picture
of the life. The reel life
may not have any connection with real life. It presents the ugly realistic
picture those artist
who are here to make other laugh and
provide sense humors though they have shadow
of pain and mental ordeal in their own life[d9] . The film is a tribute for those artists who bring smile to other though
they have their psyche full of tears. I think this film helps to bring changes
in conscience of audiences regarding presupposition of artists life and their
living standard.
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