Eternal Sunshine of the Thoughtless Mind

How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Bullet points: Ici et Ailleurs

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H E R E A N D E L S E W H E R E It was in the middle of July 2014 – in the tumult of Operation Protective Edge – that I came a...
Sunday, 20 July 2014

We can be heroes: the star and his fan in My Name is Nobody

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My Name is Nobody  (Tonino Valerii/Sergio Leone, 1973) sits at all sorts of strange intersections: between comic and serious spaghetti wes...
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Object-ifying trauma

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The engine of the revenge movie plot is a tragedy. The (anti-)hero's very existence is defined by the all-consuming tragic incident whi...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Ab ki baar, #epicfail yaar

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Short post on something which has been bugging me a little. When the Modi Sarkaar (or Mudi Circar if you follow the viral Norinder Mudi pa...
Saturday, 24 May 2014

Two Existential Men: Une élégie à Jef Costello et Bauji

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Jef Costello is an embodiment of purpose (another ‘f’ doesn’t serve any). His working-class living quarters are exemplary in the precise f...
Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Apur Panchali: validation required

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This must be the worst way to do it. Kaushik Ganguly’s Apur Panchali is purportedly a fictionalized biopic/tribute to Subir Banerjee,...
Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Transferences in The Leopard Man

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A woman walks, 'tween shadow and light. The gaze in horror films is a terrifying thing – a sign of imminent danger. Imagine a sc...
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