More than
Just a Movie
Films are moments of shared humanity,
projected on a larger screen.
AKIRA KUROSAWA
1910–1998
Akira Kurosawa in particular has been an influence on several film makers.
—Krishna Mohan
FEATURED FILM
DERSU UZALA
1975 · AKIRA KUROSAWA
MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE
Of all Kurosawa’s films, Dersu Uzala is my personal favorite. If someone were to ask me to recommend one Kurosawa film, I would unhesitatingly suggest Dersu Ouzala. It is a film about friendship, about a simple man’s deep harmony with nature, and about a way of life that has a quiet dignity.
There are some films which remain with you for a very long time. They become a part of you. They have touched a chord somewhere that defines your personality and existence. While a majority of films entertain you, these films have a meaning for you. They tell you something about life that keeps touching you.
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Crucified Lovers By Kenzo Mizoguchi
Watched the movie Crucified Lovers by Kenzu Mizoguchi. Ugetsu Mongotrai, Sansho the Bailiff, Life of Oharu are all films by Mizoguchi that I had watched earlier. Japanese films of that era especially those of Mizoguchi and Yasuziro Ozu maintain a…
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To see the world in a grain of sand.
A cinematic moment achieves greatness in capturing a particular moment of life, a moment which although small and individual by itself, represents or even encapsulates an entire way of life, a culture, or the personality of the character in entirety;…
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What are some of your favorite novels/movies in the genre ‘Magical realism’?
The first novel that comes to mind is Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. The other novels are again of Marquez; Love in the time of Cholera, No one writes to the Colonel, The Autumn of the Patriarch,…
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Shatranj Ke Khilari
A reflection on Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khilari and the meeting of history, culture, character and political change in a richly observed film.
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Salon Mexico
Watched the movie Salon Mexico; a B&W Mexican film. Shorn of melodrama or exaggerated display of emotion, the film tells the story of two sisters Mercedes and Beatriz. All alone in this world and fighting poverty, Mercedes’ only aim in…
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Two Movies of Fritz Lang
Two Fritz Lang films—M and Metropolis—open questions about justice, alienation, power, the city and the social responsibility of cinema.
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Films and Literature are largely about a narrative.
Films and Literature are largely about a narrative. It is about telling a story. Both make use of characters, plot, incidents, action, drama and the general function of entertaining the readers or the audience. Films have the arduous task of…
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Can you recommend some compelling and amazing movies?
Dersu Ouzala, M, Battleship Potemkin, Yojimbo, Sansho the Bailiff, Aguirre the wrath of God, The Magnificent Seven, High Noon, Stage coach, Nazarin, La Strada, Bicycle Thieves, This Man must Die, Just before nightfall, 39 Steps, Psycho, The Day of the…
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Aguirre -The wrath of God- A short review
Never watched Werner Herzog’s films before. Watched Aguirre, the wrath of God today. In search of El Dorado, a group of Spanish explorers voyage into the Jungle beyond the Andes along with their slaves. Unable to venture further in the…
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ONIBABA The Demon Woman
Onibaba is an erotic horror story. It is about an old woman and her daughter-in-law living on the fringes of life, hunting down soldiers returning from the battle or killing embittered and emaciated warriors. They stash away the belongings of…
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