Boredom

There are some things in our lives that rejuvenate us, please us and make us happy. Along with them come the ugly, menacing occurrences that infuriate us. But for now, I’m concentrating on something which really makes my everyday a pleasant one and for those who knows me pretty closely, it should come as no surprise that ‘movies’ are that divine works of art that I worship and which in turn serve my noble purpose of entertaining myself. And God, didn’t I witness something ‘divine’ yesterday? ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a movie directed by Mr. Tim Robbins who is an accomplished actor in his own regard. The movie stars some of the finest actors of our cinematic age; viz. Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, and mark my words, without the wizardry of these fine actors, this movie would have been far, far away from the iconic status that it’s enjoying today. As Roger Ebert, the world’s greatest movie critic, rightly commented, ‘this movie ennobles the art of moviemaking’ and yesterday after watching it

A few days ago, I wrote a piece on Daniel Day Lewis stellar performances in films like 'In the name of the father' and 'The last of the mohicans' and made a small mention of his revered performance in Speilberg's magnum opus 'Lincoln'. This year, as everyone knows, he is nominated for the 'best actor' oscar for his 'miraculous' performance in 'Lincoln' for playing the titular role of the movie. Last time, when I wrote that piece, frankly speaking, till that time, I hadn't watched his performance in 'Lincoln' and the reason behind my writing such good things about Lewis is just the credibility that he brings to the silver screen which leads one to believe that he must have delivered something legendary. Well stellar is too mild an 'adjective' to describe 'Lewis' performances anymore and should be stopped using by the critics in Daniel's context. This time around, he has literally 'galvanised' e