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Brilliant review

Meghe Dhaka Tara should be given Oscar.

🙏🙏🙏

Ultra realistic like a pro. His movies are visual masterpiece.

Why are you speaking like this

इतिहास की सबसे शर्मनाक घटना

how fluently you tells about great work ...! Take love <3 - শাহ শয়ন

Sion Sonos imagery to the Tween Peaks soundtrack is amazing

... the voice over is so bad 😢

Bengalies were n r deceived by each n every political party

Great work 👏

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My recommendation for you "Chokher Bali" (2003)

ew... What did I just watch?!!! Better off watching the films of Satyajit Ray to appreciate his true genius. This verbal diarrhea of a commentary on his films is insufferable. Just left a bad taste...

The Red Riding Trilogy is one of the most powerful pieces of filmmaking I've ever experienced. It's visceral in ways that are difficult to bear, and for that, I treasure it. We need more storytelling like this. The BJ character echoes the plight of Paul Bonacci, one of the few survivors of the Franklin Scandal in Omaha, Nebraska. He echoes the plight of every child who has endured predation from those who choose to destroy innocence rather than protect it. These situations take place worldwide, and if you find the revelation of the priest as mastermind too 'trite', I would suggest that you find it so because it replicates a pattern with which we have become all-too-familiar, because it's everywhere. I look forward to the day when we are able to witness situations like the Dutroux Affair and the Franklin Scandal through the lens of writers and filmmakers who can do them justice. It may be the only 'justice' we ever see regarding these commonplace atrocities. There's a reason stories like Red Riding don't become 'popular' - I believe we all sense the horrific reality that they expose, and we do not want to endure the deep anguish required to fully metabolize it. Metabolizing it requires that we confront the failings in ourselves which prevent us from eradicating these evils...and this is precisely why we must endure the pain of that confrontation. Either that, or continue to tolerate living in the cradle of corruption, as we seem to prefer. Thank you for giving Red Riding the kind of consideration it deserves. Have you seen "Top of the Lake"?

Brilliant and timely video. Where can I find these films with English subtitles? Are these available on the Criterion Collection?

When I first finished watching the films used in here I didn't knew how to create a video on this or even do it at all but I surely wanted to use them in some way or form, similar to the concept of the last video. There are dozens of films of such nature which would allow me to express my points via them but the opportunity to actually use them never arose in time, such was the case for this one too. For quite some time I debated if I should work on this just before the "Indian Stereotypes" video and release it around the same time, but after giving it some thought the idea of releasing after that video made more sense. It being standalone wasn't only more sensible but allowed for a better flow of the topic, in a way it demanded to be something of it's own, and it also feels like a nice send off video to one of the greatest to ever work in Indian Cinema. This is the least I can do to appreciate and spread his work's influence and importance, albeit a bit shorter in length than usual it just feels right to keep this one bit sized in nature, that too around this time of the year. As lots of big changes are going to be finalised in the upcoming days that will dictate the direction of the channel and even it's future, the usual exciting alterations that makes everything more uncertain and induce nervousness.

Upkothanks. Up. Englishme. Narratekiye. Bahatlog. Avvi. Bengalime. Kartehae. Sabkosamajhnehiate.

Would love to see you do more videos on Old Indian Cinema (Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, etc.)

10/10 trilogy. Best thing ever..

Nice explanation ❤

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This comes as the first of two of these sort of videos which will become as the final instalment for this season, while both of them were conceived when I completed Satyajit Ray's catalogue almost an year ago they are have been improved and altered ever since I first thought of them, while this one has remained almost the same as it were the latter has gone through various stages and only recently became an extension for another video. Previously I kept the slot for these months open for more experimental and different sort of topics that I don't usually cover, however they weren't as thought out as these subject matters. So they continue to remain one of those lost and forgotten ideas that never got enough attention, not deliberately ignored just never prioritised as other works, maybe they will get finalised in other forms. As I really prefer the ease and flexibility that film based videos offers me, they allow me to be more comfortable and offer enough peace to try more original ways to present them. The visualisation aspect is the reason these sort of videos have been focused for quite some time, while I enjoy other forms of art and have certain talking points about them, I simply have a preference for films. The visualisation aspect is the reason these sort of videos have been focused for quite some time, while I enjoy other forms of art and have certain talking points about them, I simply have a preference for films.

Love the thumbnail progression from volumes I to III.

There is an aspect to this film that has been irking me ever since I watched it for the first time and it isn't got to do anything with the film but the overall reception or how it is portrayed in most western media. They have a certain obsession with how it used to be banned in Pakistan, there are dozens of articles whose phrasing has being troubling me, mainly being "loved worldwide but banned at home". Now that statement in itself isn't problematic by any means, but more so how it can be or will be perceived by most ignorant outsiders, one has to remember that it is a film that was written, directed, funded and acted by people from Pakistan, because we all know how the west views that country. Yes there are regressive sides to them but that doesn't mean every single person from that place is against the film or not willing to change their opinions about it or the contents of the film. After all it doesn't matter how the foreigners judge the film, their opinions isn't going to do a lot or really valuable for that matter, the regional audience and their response is far more vital and if the film can stir a movement amongst them. Now that is a huge ask from a film but more than often it is the entertainment media which helps the masses understand sensitive topics in an indirect fashion. With that being said a point can be made about such articles playing a role in the reversal of the ban, again the local public wouldn't be affected by it, international pressure isn't going to change a lot, it has to be internal no matter how annoying or nasty it might get. And it isn't like the reception from the west was extremely good, while it did perform well in some reputed film festivals when it came to being the face of South Asian cinema it didn't receive similar attention to other blockbuster titles which were not only more popular amongst the general audience but the critics who dictate the awards shows, they were in the spotlight whereas the films which actually tried to tackle something important just remained another foreign indie title that was overshadowed. Now to my second point, as expected I had to exclude couple of scenes and it's talking points mainly because of structuring issues and the length of the video, such as the transgender woman criticising the concept of marriage and how it doesn't actually teach anything, mainly about sex, which is even more apparent in arranged marriages and this brings me to a section of the film that I completely left out, the brief flashback scene right before the finale, which aligns with the previous statement. The young couple in the film were never actually meant to meet with each other before their marriage, both of them only saw each other's picture which was bought by their parents, and they agreed mostly because of familial pressure. However he goes to her house before the ceremony to be assured of her decision and check if she is being pressurised into that matrimony or not, and if it is to be denied then he recommends he does it because the ramifications are always easier on the man. But she approves with the only request being that she is allowed to work, there is a really endearing tone to this conversation no matter how dreadful the outcome we witness before it, making the conclusion more impactful and in a way hopeful.

A friend just recently watched monster at the Kolkata film festival and was raving about it. And I made list of his other movies to watch because of all the praise and how good the kaibatsu trailer looked. So to now watch this video of yours discussing his movies just feels like perfect synchronicity 😁 And this was a very well made and nicely narrated video essay. Will definitely be watching these movies.

Out of all the directors that featured in this mini-series or the ones I worked on in the past, Hirokazu Kore-eda has been the most difficult to organise, first of all his filmography is quite expansive and I simply adore his style, so almost every piece of work from him has a positive effect on me, making it quite difficult to choose only couple of them to discuss or use in here and I tried my best to pick the best. Although every single film of his has something distinct to offer, and I will surely use certain titles that didn't get enough time in here in the future, Maborosi and After Life being the ones I regret the most not using in here. This leads to my second point, I don't think anyone might have noticed it or ever will, but I have to clear this for my sake, I usually limit the number of films used in any video under the increments of three. Making it easier for me to follow a format or system throughout my work, but I had to break that rule in here, but it does make sense too. The last video only had five films as I couldn't use more because there weren't any. So I decided to add one more in to balance all of it out, it might not align with the notion I go with while planning a video but seeing that Kore-eda has to much to offer it is as if the situation presented itself to me and I simply took it. This video marks the end of this mini series, I do have one more idea similar to this but that is far from being confirmed, it is also fairly longer and larger than this one and there is uncertainty if it is going to be a serialised or just end up as a standalone video, but it is surely coming some time next year. PS: Looking forward to Kore-eda's most recent title "Monster", it is surely going to make the overall landscape of this year's cinema a lot brighter, that is if it releases in any streaming platform in the coming months or so.

Not only brutal,but devastating too,at that.

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What an opinionated and snobbish piece of hogwash. The purpose of detective/mystery genre is MYSTERY and how the detective SOLVES it. And the SOLVING of the mystery often contains the key to the WHY of the crime committed. And the plot twist or unexpected resolve is the necessary genre plot device to keep the audience gripped and entertained.

An aspect of Edward Yang's films that can be seen as a downside is the runtime, which isn't a negative factor but it can be quite daunting to watch films that are 3-4 hours long no matter how satisfying the conclusion or enriching the experience can be. His stories are vital and a must watch however the length can deter some people, so does the excessive amount of characters in them, such a bombardment of information can easily become overwhelming. Again that isn't inherently bad but it does mean that a single watch isn't going to be satisfactory or enough to appreciate the excellence of the work at hand, there is too much to take in no matter how cleverly structured they might be. This also means there was bound to be couple of points about the films focused in here that I wasn't able to cover, with Yi Yi and Taipei Story I managed to discuss almost everything that I wanted to, either verbally or via text pops ups in the video. But that wasn't possible with A Brighter Summer Day, I choose to focus on the journey of the children as that's what makes the films such a memorable experience for me. Although I did point out almost every vital character, there were a handful of them that I couldn't fit into the script either because that would've disturbed the flow or made it a lot longer and tough to be digestable, so I will just mention the prominent ones in here. Out of all the family members the father does get the most amount of screen time and plays a prominent role in the film, such as his favours to his childhood friend that always had a fishy tone to them. He is righteous in nature but doesn't reject his requests, hence the aftermath of being a scapegoat for someone else's corruption completely changes him, breaking his moral compass and makes him paranoid of his surrounding. His career is doomed but the family persevere through those tough times and the turmoil that came with it, and they too have lots of interesting aspects about them. There is an obvious sense of them trying to preserve their past, from the father bringing his old and dated radio to the mother being so protective of the watch that was gifted to her, however it isn't limited to just materialistic goods. The father relocated to a different place but his ideals didn't change, as it is a significant piece of his identity and without them he cannot continue living, hence the drastic alteration in his personality when he forced to break them. While the mother is more adaptive in nature, because if they don't their future isn't going to be secure, their past is important but they can't be negligent to their present and all the changes that came with it, which is why she always worries about their well being rather than abiding to the principles that isn't going to do them any good in that situation. The children on the other hand are quite different, the oldest daughter and son are affected in different ways, one tries to find comfort through fashion, stability and following the path to an ideal prospering life, while the other gives in to the gang culture for monetary gain, not a deliberate action but it is simply forced upon him. Leaving us with the other siblings, the religious middle daughter and the youngest one, while the former doesn't get a lot of screen time her final words to the boy has a great effect on him and factors into him killing the girl. she makes him aware of the reality and his ungrateful gestures but it doesn't influence him in a positive manner but quite the opposite, and the youngest one has the most unique situation, that being lacking any past, their current place and activities is what will shape everything regarding her.

Great video brother! 🙏🏾

I would like to preface this before presenting my point, I really appreciate the cinematography and direction style of Ozu, long segmented static shots are one of my favourites, with that being said I do hold an opinion towards his work that can be deemed as an unpopular one. As stated in the video his stories can begin to feel a bit repetitive after couple of films, while I do understand that most of his work are just slight alterations of the same theme or topics it doesn't bother me as much as this issue. After exhausting a good chunk of his filmography [around a dozen of titles] it is quite clear that the 50s were his best years, and the latter half of it felt like his ideals weren't heading in the right direction or sometimes didn't even align with his previous ones, basically they were regressing as the years went by. Now he generally didn't take a side, he was considerate to more progressive ideas while keeping in touch with the traditional thought process, but in his latter years it felt he was sympathising with the older characters, mainly the male ones. And that makes his run in the 1950s at least the first half of it a rare period of absolute cinematic peaks and anything after that didn't held the same weight, apart from his last film "An Autumn Afternoon", which felt like a fitting send off. This by any means doesn't signify me diminishing his influence or discredit his abilities, but it feels like the majority made an exception for him and overlooked various questionable elements just because of renowned status. He didn't have any malicious intent behind those stories, however one does have to take his past into consideration to figure out what sort of person he was. Such as taking part in various heinous acts while he was under the Imperial Japanese Army, partaking in war crimes that they were never held accountable for, even holding disgusting remarks towards Chinese soldiers and using comfort women, the worst of it all is that he kept numerous journals for all these events.

While working on this video I had a troubling doubt in my mind that I wouldn't be able to discuss everything that I wanted in the amount of time I had planned for this video, knowing my tendency to get carried away and add more tangents. However I thought it would be for Hereditary, as I was examining it after watching it for the first time half a decade ago, in a surprising turn of events that portion of the video turned out fine as I was able to mention everything that was needed. The problem came with Dogtooth, which I should've anticipated beforehand judging from the notes I had jotted down for it, which was quite extensive to say the least. There is so much that can be said about that film, I tried by best to cover as much as I can but there are there still some left, scenes that can be mentioned or theorised when taken into consideration of the bigger picture that the film tries to paint, so here there: Some of the notable fleeting moments that provides us more insight on their dynamic can be the son huffing paint and air fresheners, the red kneecaps of the younger daughter and surgical mark on the shoulder of the older one. There are also indicators that the younger daughter and the boy had some sort of sexual relations from two distinct scenes, and the former is programmed to provide sexual gratification in exchange or get someone's attention. PS: I apologise for the nasally/raspy voice in the later half of the video, I was struggling with a nasty cold at that time.

man seven was so damn good, wow

I've never given Indian movies a chance being so far apart from the culture but I will definitely be now. So fascinating thank you.

Gorgeous video!

Excellent--as always

15:14 😭

I would like to use this comment as a means to address something about the director and why I opted from mentioning a section related to it, at the time of writing there are coupe of sexual misconduct allegations against him. Now those are just alleged crimes but seeing that multiple actresses who have worked with him have accused him of that, it does seem that there must be something concrete behind those claims, then why did I make this video? Well as along as anything isn't proved I am fine with discussing someone's work and try my best separate the art from the artist, but I refrained to comment on his portrayal of women in his films. There is a debate going on that those depictions thread between the lines of being misogynistic and feminist in nature, for me it isn't that simple, however some characters are in a way exploited to a certain degree. But at the same time he does focus on women and the issues they face on the daily basis, a case can be made about both sides but unless his apparent crimes are cleared I don't think I can discuss about them. PS: I don't know why but the red background of the title card scenes are extremely pixelated and low in quality, the original version looks fine on my end but I guess TH-cam did some funky job while compressing the video for smoother streaming.

I always love how your vids talk about films I have never heard from due to me being mainly watching films made in the west. Your vids have been able to expand my taste in movies. This was a really cool and honestly important video to watch. Hearing from different perspectives is always important and I’m glad you made this video! “Just remember my peoples civilization predates yours” is such a hard line btw

Too much viwe

Underrated

thank you for making this documentary

thank you

With a subject like this it was bound to become quite expansive with how much can be mentioned in here and what can be said about them, so I decided to exclude certain stereotypes which were entirely moronic. I simply didn't want to mention them to further spread misinformation that aren't grounded to reality, the ones that made the cut were either worth commenting on or needed to be elaborated about their background. Some researched but mostly from my own personal experiences in life and what I have seen on the Internet, there were also a few lines or points that were omitted or edited from the final script. Mainly because they were either not suitable for the topic in hand or disturbed the flow by making it unnecessarily long, the latter being the primary reason, but I tried to cover as much as I can. With all of that out of the way I can talk about something relating to the future, while working on this was mentally and physically exhausting it was something that needed to be done at least for my own sake. As I been planning this for almost a year and I'm really glad how all of it turned out even though it was tough at certain stages, but this might be the last of this style of video for the month that I made special in my own way. Not that the tradition of it will stop, but I want to head in a different direction and potentially create something that is more ambitious, as I already have an idea in my mind for the next year's video. A change that I hope will be appreciated as there will be lots of alteration in the coming year, some that I'm already trying to work on and some that will become more apparent as time goes by.

I remember the A.I in F.E.A.R. When I died it never felt cheap. It felt like the game was teaching me to be better. Most games are too easy or too hard, F.E.A.R nailed the difficulty perfectly.

自分の好きな映画監督、小林正樹を特集してくれてありがとうございます。貴方の感性と編集能力でファンに成りました。とても良いビデオでした。

I really enjoyed this video, but you might want to increase your mic volume for future episodes - it was hard to hear what you were saying over the music!