This guy has a knack of presenting films- both his own and made by other directors, with a lot of suspense. Saw a short episode on TV after a long time yesterday. What impresses me the most about his stories on film is two things-
1. The brevity. He is able to tell the story with a minimum of screen time, unlike most Hindi (or other) directors. This episode was 30 minutes long, with a full story.
2. The gripping suspense he creates, even when you know who-dun-it. It's not about who-dun-it all the time now, is it?
The guy is a walking (no more) ad for packaging being the soul of the content, a marketing message that some big guy in marketing once summed up as "Sell the sizzle, not the steak!"
Remember him for the terrifying Birds, Psycho, and Dial M for Murder, and such classics. Ram Gopal Verma should watch some.
1. The brevity. He is able to tell the story with a minimum of screen time, unlike most Hindi (or other) directors. This episode was 30 minutes long, with a full story.
2. The gripping suspense he creates, even when you know who-dun-it. It's not about who-dun-it all the time now, is it?
The guy is a walking (no more) ad for packaging being the soul of the content, a marketing message that some big guy in marketing once summed up as "Sell the sizzle, not the steak!"
Remember him for the terrifying Birds, Psycho, and Dial M for Murder, and such classics. Ram Gopal Verma should watch some.
