The Banshees of Inisherin: Three Colours of Loneliness
The Banshees of Inisherin is writer-director Martin McDonagh’s fourth movie, following his much-acclaimed work in 2017, The Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Akin to his previous work, The Banshees… has received critical praise and is one of the leading contenders in several categories for the upcoming Academy Awards.
The following is an attempt to examine only a part of what the movie represents – centering on the dying relationship between its central characters. . .
Life in Animation
“A good storyteller will be skilful in creating a good animation film. It’s about articulating the story in your mind in the most efficient way possible. People tend to dissociate books, movies, animation, etc. from actual life. There is a misconception that in animation there should always be a degree of exaggeration from reality to make it work for the viewers…”
The Sound of Music
“Getting to make music for a movie is a big aspiration for many musicians as cinema is such a popular medium in our country. For me, being part of a successful film was a massive dream. Even though I had worked on many films before that, Immanuel was special for me. It was the work of a popular director like Lal Jose, whose previous films featured such wonderful songs, and had an amazing cast including Mammootty and Fahadh Fazil. It gave me my career break too.”
Moonnam Pakkam – Of Death and Measures of Grief
“Even if the body washes ashore, it will be on the third day. That’s the law of the sea.”
It means that if you lose someone in the sea, then wait until the third day for the body to wash ashore.
If it doesn’t, then don’t wait any longer. Not for the body. Not for the person….