Watching 'The Hurricane'

Had seen the movie many years ago, been very impressed with Denzel Washington's performance, didn't remember anything else.

Then recently, while waiting for a kitchen event- soaking 'dal' or waiting for the pressure cooker to cool, and switch on the TV- somehow reach a movie channel and 'The Hurricane' was beginning. 

This time around, its the sheer elegance of Norman Jewison's directing that caught my eye- the economy of effort and yet keeping your focus as a viewer exactly where it should be. There's nothing to say there's a Norman Jewison 'style' and yet there is clearly the guiding hand or presence of the director.

Its my kind of style, where you sort of get out of the way of the story being told and yet concentrate on telling the story very very intensely. Yes, it has less flourishes than some of the recognised 'autuers' of cinema, but its enormously effective in its story-telling.

Will someone see my work like that, don't know- I've right now been working in areas of content with a very narrow appeal- Asians in East Africa. Yes, I try like hell to see the 'universality' of the subjects, but does it work with audiences?  

Who knows.