City of God is part of the New Generation of Malayalam films with a hyperlink non-linear narrative of four interlocking stories. It came out within months of Traffic, the first of the new wave Malayalam cinema, but City of God was pulled within a week of release. It may have been a bit ahead of its time. It felt much grittier and more violent than Traffic, and isn't really suited to a broad family audience. I felt Traffic relied a bit too much on the audience's familiarity of all the actors in that multi-starrer, and I didn't really get to know any character that well. I liked City of God much more. A signature of Malayalam New Wave films is an accident, and coincidences that bring... |