However, the jathedar denied this, saying he had only appreciated the project and that too before the movie was made. In 2015, Sikka had claimed that Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh had given his approval to the film. The film, produced by Harinder S Sikka, has been in the eye of the storm since its first screening at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2014 and then at Sikh Lens, Arts and Film Festival in California later that year. The bone of contention is the picturisation of the Sikh guru in human form, which the SGPC says is against Sikhism. The movie is based on the life of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev. “The movie will not be released until objectionable parts are removed,” said SGPC spokesperson Diljeet Singh Bedi. ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’, a Punjabi movie produced in 2015, has run into trouble with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) imposing a ban on its release on April 13. Despite its shortcomings, this is still a spooky piece of supernatural horror that is more thoughtful about its religious imagery than many similar films.Even as violent protests by the Karni Sena against ‘Padmavat’ have barely died down, another controversy regarding “picturisation of all that is sacred” is brewing in Punjab. The filmmakers intend the bishop as a secondary villain but this isn’t done very well.īottom Line: The Unholy is an acceptable film but it’s frustrating because it had the potential to be great. The supporting cast includes Cary Elwes as a bishop Elwes’ accent is all over the place, at times sounding Bostonian and at other times sounding Irish. It’s easy to imagine a much better version of The Unholy that allows the horror to creep in more gradually. It cheapens the film and reveals too much too soon. The filmmakers don’t trust the material or the audience and insert jump scares spiked with audio stingers and digital visual effects. What Doesn’t: The Unholy follows some of the obnoxious trends in recent supernatural horror pictures. It’s an effective metaphor of the way truth has a cost. People have had their aliments cured but if the demonic truth is exposed and the miracle is rejected, the cures will be nullified. Beyond the comfort of faith, the story also puts more concrete matters at stake. The way the film dramatizes faith and belief is quite smart. Virtually everyone in The Unholy wants to believe that they are witnessing an act of God and that willingness to believe enables something evil. But what is especially interesting about The Unholy is the question implicit in its premise: how would a believer identify a miracle as the work of good rather than evil forces? That conceit plays out intelligently throughout the film. The film has several impressive images and sequences, especially the opening (which homages Mario Bava’s Black Sunday) and the fiery conclusion. What Works: The Unholy is generally well crafted. Premise: A disgraced journalist (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) stumbles upon an apparent miracle as a mute teenage girl (Cricket Brown) gains the ability to speak and communicates messages allegedly from the Virgin Mary.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |