Live from Dhaka is a depressing, sultry, and somewhat abstract Indie movie told in a gothic style. It is a black and white movie, but black is the dominating color here! Like all atmospheric indie film, the number of character is few, but there is a lot of touchy montages. The sound effects played a great role to create the atmosphere of the movie. The news bloopers on TV and radio, the car horn, the train whistle, the mob violence always telling us that there is no life in this city, this city is no fairy tale!
The budget for this movie was only 10000 USD! This is the best example of how to make a good movie with low or almost no budget! This is an atmospheric indie film, and the director made the atmosphere properly.
Sometimes this movie reminds me the tragedy of Requiem for a dream, sometimes it reminds me the industrial sound of Eraserhead, but at last, it is a very Abdullah Mohammad Saad film, which I will remember for a long time.
Review of Live from Dhaka
