On Sriram Raghavan's Merry Christmas, Éric Rohmer and the concept of family
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As everyone knows by now, Sriram Raghavan’s Merry Christmas begins with a cheeky note to Thiagarajan Kumararaja. The recluse Tamil filmmaker who prefers to stand on the sidewalk and observe rather than talk about his art is apparently also queasy to take credit. In addition to helping out with the film’s Tamil version, I am willing to bet that the part, among other things, where we discover Vijay Sethupathi’s Albert’s erotic novels written as a 14-year-old came from Thiagarajan or at least is a hat tip to him. But let’s dial back a bit. Among the several obvious references the film throws at us, one is Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King played at Maria’s (Katrina Kaif) home. It sounded zippier and louder than I remember, and my mind went to Ilaiyaraaja’s inspired score
On Sriram Raghavan's Merry Christmas, Éric Rohmer and the concept of family
On Sriram Raghavan's Merry Christmas, Éric…
On Sriram Raghavan's Merry Christmas, Éric Rohmer and the concept of family
As everyone knows by now, Sriram Raghavan’s Merry Christmas begins with a cheeky note to Thiagarajan Kumararaja. The recluse Tamil filmmaker who prefers to stand on the sidewalk and observe rather than talk about his art is apparently also queasy to take credit. In addition to helping out with the film’s Tamil version, I am willing to bet that the part, among other things, where we discover Vijay Sethupathi’s Albert’s erotic novels written as a 14-year-old came from Thiagarajan or at least is a hat tip to him. But let’s dial back a bit. Among the several obvious references the film throws at us, one is Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King played at Maria’s (Katrina Kaif) home. It sounded zippier and louder than I remember, and my mind went to Ilaiyaraaja’s inspired score