Name: What 'Court' director Chaitanya Tamhane learnt from Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón
Uploaded: 2018-02-12T20:20:27+0000
Channel: Kaveree Bamzai
Description: Cuarón is proof that if you have the talent, the world can conspire to find an audience.

Art & Culture

Cuarón is proof that if you have the talent, the world can conspire to find an audience.

&lt;p id='p_1'&gt;Alfonso Cuar&amp;oacute;n is one of the world's greatest filmmakers currently, with complete command over almost every department of filmmaking, whether it is sound or editing. At 56, he has already won two Oscars, made seven movies, and along with his other two Amigos, Guillermo Del Toro and Alejandro Inarritu, provides hope to any &amp;ldquo;&lt;em&gt;Third World&lt;/em&gt;&amp;rdquo; filmmaker, that if you have the talent, the world can conspire to find an audience. On the face of it, he doesn't seem to have much in common with Chaitanya Tamhane, the enormously talented filmmaker whose 2014 film &amp;lsquo;&lt;em&gt;Court&lt;/em&gt;&amp;rsquo;, a powerful satire on the state of our caste-ridden society, the judiciary, and freedom of speech that is as timeless as it is quietly incendiary. Having been chosen as Cuar&amp;oacute;n's prot&amp;eacute;g&amp;eacute; by an exhaustive selection process in 2015 for the prestigious Rolex Arts Initiative, Tamhane spent vast periods of time with Cuar&amp;oacute;n who has been working on his new film &amp;lsquo;Roma&amp;rsquo; that sees him returning to Mexico for the first time since &amp;lsquo;&lt;em&gt;Y Tu Mama Tambien&lt;/em&gt;&amp;rsquo;. In Berlin for the Rolex Arts Weekend in February, the two shared notes with an invited audience, discussed their shared love for cinema, working with limitations, and learning from each other. Here they speak about each other's work and the human experience.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;