http://www.vithanage.com/html/pv_about.html
Vithanage is an interesting director, who has made (at least) two films on the Sri Lankan conflict. I saw "Purahanda Kaluwara" (English title "Death on A Full Moon Day") which was about how a father deals with his (soldier) son's death. The war is present just around the edges of the film, nothing full frontal, but this heighten's the impact. Will write more about it after seeing it again.
He also directed "Ira Madiyama" (English title "August Sun"). According to the DVD cover, its about three sets of people affected by the conflict (a Muslim boy looking for his dog, a woman looking for her husband, and a soldier). Will edit this post after seeing the film...
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Sri Lankan conflict put in all sorts of artistry seems to fall on deaf ears...
Seeing what a show colombo put out, it seems like the war is just a side show for it...
maybe it's just a way for ppl to escape the truth. Though i feel embarrased when i see the soldiers in colombo, to see what the "show" they protect, eventualy i also fall into the category of comfortable inaction.
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