Greatness in simplicity

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2008)

TITLE: The Shawshank Redemption COUNTRY: USA YEAR: 1994 RATING: 10/10
For me, the key to a good film can be found on the way the story is told, which is to say, the development of the script. Sometimes when we think of movie classics we always tend to associate with complex plots while forgetting that simplicity can also mean greatness. A few days back, after watching "Sunset Boulevard" I could not stop thinking how a simple story could have been so well written and shot. I feel the same about "The Shawshank Redemption". The story, per se, is absolutely ordinary. In the hands of others it could have resulted in a bland product. But with wonderful writing and filming the story reached an entirely different level of density. It's the audience gain and the movie industry too.