Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 03:56 pm:

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There�s also this director�s unique approach to cinematography, which demolishes traditional concepts of an actor�s all-encompassing �body language� in favour of isolating close-ups of body parts in order to highlight emotion � the eyes of a concerned mother framed atop a television set, or the nervous hands of a son playing with a cigarette lighter. Varma is possibly the only filmmaker who�s as respectful of his environment as of his actors � even walls and furniture help to colour the conflicts of the characters

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