Kamran Ahmed

Kamran Ahmed

Favorite films

  • Mirror
  • Elegy of a Voyage
  • Werckmeister Harmonies
  • Sansho the Bailiff

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  • The Hating Game

    ★½

  • Shame

    ★★★★

  • Landscape

    ★★★★

  • Narrows Inlet

    ★★★★

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  • The Hating Game

    The Hating Game

    ★½

    Not even amusing enough to be good dinner background.

    40/100 - Bad

  • Shame

    Shame

    ★★★★

    Marriage under the duress of social and political upheaval, the kind of stress that burdens a man beyond the already necessary burdens of humanity, and brings him to an impasse that even faith cannot seem to resolve.

    84/100 - Great.

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  • Distant Voices, Still Lives

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    ★★★★★

    Having now watched this an unprecedented 3 times in 3 days, I confidently add it to my 100s. Apologies to Pauline Kael, with whom I respect but complete disagree with on the idea of one-time viewings. Developing attachment to a film upon multiple viewings due to a stronger appreciation of aesthetic expression is not a fault of objective film criticism, it is a sign of the complexity and significance of the film and viewer relationship. Like with music, familiarity of…

  • Pompeii

    Pompeii

    ★★★★★

    Review Posted at Aesthetics of the Mind

    Abstract:

    Paul W.S. Anderson rejects history and unapologetically creates a fictional story which constantly makes reference to its own artificiality. Affective images (emotionally affecting stills), saturated colours, and the hyperbolization of reality are features of its imaginative aesthetic, of a unique and auteur-driven vision of a fictional world: an artificial play which generates much genuine human emotion. Love is its content, from the love of Milo and Cassia to the brotherhood of Milo…