The audio is rough (wind noise is a character here). The editing is jagged. But there is a shot—a 5-minute continuous take where the horse looks into a cracked mirror—that is better than anything Bollywood produced this year.
Tonga is not a film you watch ; it’s a film you inhale . Khan straps a 360-degree camera to a horse’s harness for 70 minutes. What follows is a dizzying, beautiful assault on the senses. You see the dirt, the honking cars, the turmeric-stained fingers of a child feeding the horse a jalebi. The audio is rough (wind noise is a character here)
Raw (9.5/10) – Not for the motion-sick. Essential for the soul-sick. 5. The Kulta Interview: "How to Make a Movie with Zero Budget" Feature on Faisal Khan (Director of Tonga ) Tonga is not a film you watch ; it’s a film you inhale
The audio is rough (wind noise is a character here). The editing is jagged. But there is a shot—a 5-minute continuous take where the horse looks into a cracked mirror—that is better than anything Bollywood produced this year.
Tonga is not a film you watch ; it’s a film you inhale . Khan straps a 360-degree camera to a horse’s harness for 70 minutes. What follows is a dizzying, beautiful assault on the senses. You see the dirt, the honking cars, the turmeric-stained fingers of a child feeding the horse a jalebi.
Raw (9.5/10) – Not for the motion-sick. Essential for the soul-sick. 5. The Kulta Interview: "How to Make a Movie with Zero Budget" Feature on Faisal Khan (Director of Tonga )