Faraz011

Faraz011

Favorite films

  • Come and See
  • Pather Panchali
  • Apur Sansar
  • Where Is the Friend's House?

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  • The Apartment

    ★★★★★

  • The Notebook

    ★★★★

  • Steve Jobs

    ★★★★½

  • Seven Samurai

    ★★★★½

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  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs

    ★★★★½

    Watching this on a mac felt both hilarious and surreal.

    “You had three weeks. The universe was created in a third of that time” 

    Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay is the real star of the show here.

  • Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    ★★★★½

    Even in what is an incredibly shot action movie, Kurosawa displays incredible awareness of human nature. Apart from the ‘bandits’, no group of people are homogenised and explicit efforts are made to emphasise the differences between individuals even within collectives. 

    Raises very potent moral questions about cycles of violence - the farmers almost immediately condemn a helpless bandit to death - what differentiates these people apart from who holds the power over whom?

    It’s also incredible how this is very…

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  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    ★★★★★

    “Truth and illusion George, you don’t know the difference.”
    “No, but we must carry on as though we did.”

    Overwhelmingly and exhaustingly brilliant. I think this is somehow equally both anti and pro marriage.

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