A truly haunting and harrowing film that manages to be so with the utmost effortlessness. You can't separate the context from the text here. Both the viewer and the characters share the knowledge of the context, but differ sharply in their perspective towards it. This subtle difference combined with some macabre sequences and a haunting soundtrack that played during the end-credits make this a masterpiece.
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Monster 2023
The film certainly is unique. I like how there are many stories, many mysteries, and all of them are revealed gradually. The revealing of one affects the reveal of the next and so on. The perspective of the narrative shifts from one lens to another in the most organic way.
What I do not appreciate fully is how many of the "reveals" come off as underwhelming. To keep the flow organic and gradual, the narrative knowingly undermines the tension inherent in the set-ups. It is a conscious narrative choice Kore-Eda made, but not one I enjoyed fully.
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The Kashmir Files 2022
Such trash. I knew walking into the theater that this will be propaganda-ish but I hugely underestimated the extent of propaganda and insensitivity.
The film begins with a disclaimer (that fades out waaay before you could read) that all incidents in the film have been corroborated with real eyewitness testimonies. From the very start, the film's production feels fake and staged, right from the radio commentary of a cricket match that plays right at the beginning, to the fake-ass headshot…
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Masaan 2015
Masaan starts out with a scene of a woman watching porn. She then wears make-up, meets her lover, and erupts in a scene of passionate love making. As soon as the viewer might have formed an opinion on what type of film it is, the scene turns dark. Passion is destroyed, and the love, which adorned the frame gives way to death.
Then the scene goes black, and the title rolls - Masaan, which means crematorium.
Its a sharp reminder…
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