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Wedding Association 2013
20 Iconic Mainstream films challenge
[Film #20 from Turkey]
"I won't have this village accuse me of not giving my son a wedding!"
There are always better Turkish films one can choose to get a perceptive understanding of their way of life. A point could be made that, Aydemir's film isn't deserving of once having been the most watched film in Turkey of last three decades. The wedding preparation hilarities major to plot even on being chucklesome worthy, it constantly…
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Round Trip to Ismailia 1997
20 Iconic Mainstream films challenge
[Film #19 from Egypt]
“And buy a satellite, mobile and a Cuban car”
In what had always been the most prolific source of films for the Arab world, Egypt's audience reach hit bare minimum level somewhere by the mid 90s. Unexpected revenue this film brought in — is said to have instilled confidence in broad variations of wave of comedies that came later. The protagonist's journey here to work around when all the roads seem…
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The Cup 1999
A humble epic about soccer culture inside a monastery.
Norbu lived a monk life from very young age & later occupied higher positions. He would then make his first film The Cup in his late 30s. A bit of a radical decision for a monk to take. It appears he created this to defend his obsession stating how cinema & religion can co-exist in his life. Like how soccer is shown to bring harmless joy to the community in the film. No…
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Sansho the Bailiff 1954
A rare feat. Not just for Mizoguchi, but in entire cinema as a whole. Every possible aspect of filmmaking in perfect harmony with each other.
Sansho the Bailiff is sort of a divine adventure, through dark period of Golden age of Japan. Transporting viewer to as early as 11th century, film is a harrowing journey with an aristocrat family who resist authority — for a humane cause towards public. After a major tragedy, they are striped down…
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