Watching 100 movies from a different country every year. 2024 is India.
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Girls of the Night 1961
The story of the Fallen Woman is a well-tread genre. Often softened to fit within cultural norms of wherever in history; or, occasionally made in a fashion that soaks in exploitation. The Fallen Woman is a sacrifice or sacrifices for love of some kind - children, a lover, parental love, etc. When she is the sacrifice, it's often on the alter of cultural norms, such as in The Life of Oharu (which, it happens, stars this films' director, Kinuyo Tanaka).…
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Samskara 1970
The poet Reddy's first film is a vicious takedown of immorality within religious institutions. Here, no one is faithful; it's a tool you use to separate yourself into your own caste, supplying a dogma to others that isn't subscribed to by its own practitioners.
The New Indian Cinema movement is now firmly taking hold in India byt his time, and this film helped propel it in this south. After this and Interview, Mrinal Sen's picture…
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In the Mood for Love 2000
Every time I watch it I feel like I've never seen color before. A magic trick that only a movie could pull off.