![]() Book name: Little Bike Lost Author: Avishka Seneviratne Genre: Non Fiction Another super work by Avishka where he brought to life a forgotten piece of cinema history in Sri Lanka in his book documenting the making of 'Little Bike Lost', a 1956 film done by the boys of the film society of St. Joseph's college Colombo which also featured performances by students of Holy Family Convert and was led by Fr. Noel Cruz, a pioneer in mass media where they produced the first feature-length school boy film in Sri Lanka and possibly Asia. Its quite impressive that film was treated as a serious film by critics and journalists and the opportunities that were allowed to students at that time which enjoyed the support of the schools and the general public in such a venture and in exploring a new media, which sadly seems to be lacking nowadays. Some of the interesting Trivia highlighted in the book that speaks about Fr. Noel Cruz, the making of the film and its legacy are:
Really recommend reading up the book and then watching the film which still holds up pretty well and its amazing too see some of the sites in and around Colombo which in some cases are some of the oldest film footage available from this era.
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