Probably the most awaited session of the day, the workshop with Luke Kenny did not disappoint the crowd. Interactive from the moment he walked into the screening hall, Luke, as he asked us to call him, was visibly delighted to be at SIMC.The session began with the screening of his debut and only movie ‘The 13th Floor’. Set in modern Mumbai, the movie dwells on the co-incidences and improbable meetings in elevators amidst a power cut across the state of Maharashtra. A tad on the longer side, this 80 minute ‘feature film’ is probably not one of the technically strongest movies and could have been edited in a better manner. Even so, it is good one-time watch with an intriguing storyline.
The interactive session, however, moved beyond the movie and Luke answered questions about his personal and professional life. He spoke about how he decided to turn to direction and DJ-ing because it allowed him to be in ‘creative control’. He also emphasized the need for every student of cinema to make a movie that they could show to the producer so that they would know what to expect on hiring them. While speaking about digital movies, he explained how it would be the Next Big Thing for Indian filmmakers willing to experiment with different stories and themes as it was cheaper and more convenient to use.
Perhaps the entire crux of the session was summed up when Luke quoted Quentin Tarantino, “If you have the money to go to a good movie school, then make a movie instead”.
- Akashi Kaul
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