Living on the Edge: The Vestigial World of Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Elippathayam/Rat Trap Journal Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Set against the backdrop of his native Kerala-the locale of virtually all his films—Adoor Gopalakrishnan has produced a loose trilogy which focuses on the vestiges of feudalism. The trio-Elippathayam/Rat Trap (1981), Vidheyan/ The Servile (1993), and Kathapurushan/The Man of the; Story (1995)—feature men from land—owning families who grapple with the challenge of living in a post—feudal society. These films are, in effect, is a study of a consciousness shaped by the destructive ideology of a system that has lost its historical frame of reference.; To make a mockery of keeping such a system alive is to court neurosis and perversion.

publication date

  • March 1, 2010

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  • closed

Date in CU Experts

  • August 5, 2014 3:35 AM

Full Author List

  • Ganguly S

author count

  • 1

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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1059-440X

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 2049-6710

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 59

end page

  • 72

volume

  • 21

issue

  • 1