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Stray Dog – Nora Inu
It is hard to imagine that the greatest of directors have had humble beginnings. After watching Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Akahige, The Bad Sleep Well (and so on) and the exquisite style in each and every movie, it never crossed my mind that even the great Mr. Kurosawa might have had a few ‘earlier’ movies. Last week, when I was window shopping for nothing...
by Sarang at March 13th, 2009 at 07:03 pm
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The Human Condition I – No Greater Love
It is very rare that you come across a movie that is emotionally draining and uplifting at the same time. In my personal discovery of Japanese cinema, I haven’t seen any other movie that has left such a lasting impression on me. So, taking the risk of making the movie sound trivial, I have decided to share my thoughts on Masaki Kobayashi’s first part of his...
by Sarang at February 19th, 2009 at 12:02 am
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Suzuki Seijun’s – Story of a Prostitute
This is the second article on my experience of Suzuki Seijun’s movies. The earlier article is here. Before, I could get my hands on the DVD of Tokyo Drifter, I roamed around a few DVD stores that I thought were Japanese to look for it. Some turned out to be Chinese and some Korean but I couldn’t figure out a Japanese movie rental place. Finally, one day I asked...
by Sarang at December 8th, 2008 at 07:12 pm
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Incomprehensible Movies – Tokyo Drifter
Late one night when I was watching television during the recent Olympics, I got bored of the sporting events and started flipping channels. I wanted to watch something that would send me to a good night’s sleep. The lights were out and I was guessing the buttons on my remote and thus my channel surfing was to say the least, a little inconvenient. In this struggle...
by Sarang at December 7th, 2008 at 03:12 pm
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My Favourites – The Burmese Harp
(Warning! – Spoiler Alert!) I have gone back on my word. I wanted to continue on sharing more movies of Masaki Kobayashi as I had mentioned before. But, I changed my mind. I think this way, I can share a variety of movies with varied topics and hopefully keep you all interested for the next one. The Burmese Harp is directed by Kon Ichikawa in 1956. It is an anti-war...
by Sarang at October 21st, 2008 at 02:10 am
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My Favourites – Harakiri
For sometime now, I have been wanting to share and discuss some of my favourite movies on PFC and today I begin with the movies I have seen of Mr. Masaki Kobayashi. This article is not about all his movies or his life history. I have hyperlinked Wikipedia on his name for people who might be curious. A few years ago when television was my only companion after work, I got...
by Sarang at October 2nd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
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Nagorik – A Glimpse of Ghatak’s Genius.
Given the chance of writing about movies and movie experience here on PFC, I had been thinking about the experience of watching a movie that I wanted to share with you all. Until last week, I had no idea which one I’d choose. That’s when I chanced on the DVD of Nagarik/Nagorik. This movie is by Ritwick Ghatak whom I am getting to know slowly. He needs no introduction...
by Sarang at July 12th, 2008 at 08:07 pm
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Hava Aney De – My View
First and foremost, this is not a movie review of Hava Aney De (HAD) made by our own PSJi. But, this is somehow related to how I got to watch the movie and what I thought of it. This is about a movie that has kept me thinking for four whole days on why it is the way it is. As part of Global Lens 2007 HAD was making tours around the US of A and one of its tour stops...
by Sarang at June 18th, 2008 at 12:06 am