Life of Pi 2012 Finally watched the coveted 'Life of Pi' to judge for myself whether it is 'cheesy, hyped and dwelling in the sentimental yearn of mystical eastern culture' as described negatively by my daughter or is it worth the accolade offered to a film directed by a Chinaman (Director Ang Lee) experimenting with Indian culture and having a Tamil song in its soundtrack! The impression I got after watching the whole film was that the story behind the story is indeed well hidden behind the story. It needs a little of literary and artistic skills to appreciate its meaning. At one look, it looks like a story of a boy from exotic India who is shipwrecked, escapes from a tiger, deserted in an island and lives to tell his story! But wait! There is more to it... Ang Lee To me, it tells that fear is one feature that drive us to go living. Fearing the uncertainty of life and what it has store for us, we hold on to believes like God and spiritualism. Even animals have ...
It is all Mimesis