Review of Awaara

Awaara (1951)
6/10
The ancestor of Bollywood
11 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
There is one thing that bothered me a lot throughout the film "Avare": objects or figures that did not fit in to the screen. I observed such images that were cut on the edges in extreme close up to the faces where either the forehead or the chin or both could not be seen, or in scenes that were seen behind a door or a window where the facade of the door was cut. In the dream scene, for instance, a very tiny piece of the moon could be seen as if it was forgotten there. The tip of the tower in the scene right after Raj decided to be a good man is cut, as well. But, why? I could not make a meaning out of it since such so called mistakes could be fixed by simply adjusting the camera with a different angle or distance if not done intentionally. If done intentionally, the director has a different understanding of esthetics than mine or he is not a perfectionist that is obsessed with the position of each element in the camera screen. Or maybe the technology or let's say the budget of the film was not that large to correct each and every mistake. Whatever the reason was I, as an audience, found it very disturbing while watching the film.
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