very very visually stunning. the set design and costume designs complemented each other so well and at times i would pause the film and let my eyes linger on a still for a few more seconds. film is primarily a visual text and Pazeekah knows that. having meena kumari with her big beautiful eyes as the lead increases the film’s visual appeal.
sanjay leela bhansali will sell his soul to make something so beautiful.
with that being said, the pacing…
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Pakeezah 1972
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Mouchette 1967
if i am being v honest i feel like a time will come in my life where i will be affected profoundly by this film but that’s not now. in fact, i can’t stop thinking about how unaffected i am by it considering just how sad it is. another thing about the film that i am fixated upon is how it’s simultaneously the quietest and most exaggeratedly melodramatic film i have seen.
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985
this film is about mishima’s desire to be beautiful, to be healthy, to be strong- the desire for his human body to be art and how these desires were the foundation of mishima’s artistic works…this is a great visual depiction of the link between desire for purity and fascism & i definitely need to watch it again to understand it (& mishima) better
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In the Mood for Love 2000
i believe that no matter how happy a relationship is, being in love is ultimately a ‘sad’ experience and no film conveys that better than In The Mood For Love.
it’s not just that these two people specifically can not be together, it’s that any two people can not fully be together in the way that they want to be, two people can not be One. there are moments where we achieve something that looks like the main goal of…Translated from by
