| Chitasutram (The Image Threads) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Vipin Vijay |
| Screenplay by | Vipin Vijay |
| Story by | M. Nandakumar |
| Produced by | Altaf Mazid, Zubeen Ahmad, Sushanta Roy |
| Cinematography | Shahnad Jalal |
| Edited by | Debkamal Ganguly |
Production company | unknown |
Running time | 104 Minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Chitrasutram (The Image Threads) is a 2010 Malayalam film, written & directed by Vipin Vijay, produced by Altaf Mazid, Zubeen Ahmad, Sushanta Roy under the banner of Unknown Films. The film was also supported by Hubert Bals Film Fund, Rotterdam, Goteborg Film Fund, Goteborg, Sweden and the Global Film Initiative, US.
A computer teacher, his black-magician grandfather and a cyber-creature—a series of pre-destined rendezvous, both online and offline, over the shreds of mnemonic time and space, at the cleavages of various parlors of subculture—finally the narrative images of the computer screen are drained off from the color and the texture, the images collapse down to a mere pulsating pixel, potentially to start another cycle of the story once again.
Film Critic Dustin Chang witting on the film said " Director Vipin Vijay and his cinematographer Shehnad Jalal often distinguish, then blur the boundaries between the past and present, technology and nature, reality and fantasy, tangible and intangible. Devoid of any visible narrative, The Image Thread is unlike any film I've ever seen. It is more like a visual essay than a film. To enjoy it, you have to give in to its luscious visuals to wash over you. Calming and hypnotic, it's literally one of the best films to meditate on.[1]