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  Bicycle Thieves 1948

  Watched 09 Apr 2018

  A classic example of Italian neorealism cinema. Made in 1948, the setting is true to (or very close to) the actual economic state of Italy at the time. In a depressed economy, the main character Antonio is seeking work like most of his neighbors. As realism style dictates, we are not shown any of his inner thoughts or monologues; rather, we can only follow him through his search and experience his situation extrinsically. Antonio's slow downfall into a criminal lifestyle is shown by turning to petty crime as he grows more desperate to keep his job.

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  Awaara 1951

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Apr 2018

  - my second Bombay cinema film

  - a good unraveling of plot and interconnection between characters

  - did not defy social or gendered norms, but didn't overly perpetuate them either (surprising, as a 1950s film)

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  Dil Se.. 1998

  ★★★ Watched 26 Mar 2018

  - first piece of Bombay Cinema I've seen

  - story and characters had a lot of potential: story was heavily politically engaged, and involved insurgency and minority unrest in militaristic India. Characters were funny and mysterious

  - these elements were shadowed by the obsessive, stalker-ish "romance"

  - heavy sexist overtones to the romance as well

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