"It should have gone out whole as a tough, weird art movie."

And, the argument goes, only France seems to be still in the business of making art movies.

"It's like the guy from the martial arts movie," he said.

Jack is alone in the classroom watching a martial arts movie on a laptop.

"Studios didn't have the infrastructure to deal with what at that time constituted an art movie," he said.

Though it was canceled after one season, Lee became a major star of martial arts movies.

This can be seen in many martial arts movies.

"I think there's an increasing understanding that when you go to an art movie, you're supporting art."

In art movies, there is often a sad ending.

The film is one of the rare and genuine martial art movie in Malayalam.