(Malle 1971) Le souffle au coeur [Murmur of the Heart]
(Minahan 2013) Game of Thrones: Ep.21 ― Valar Dohaeris
(Minahan 2013) Game of Thrones: Ep.22 ― Dark Wings, Dark Words
(Benioff & Weiss 2013) Game of Thrones: Ep.23 ― Walk of Punishment
(Parrish 1969) Journey to the Far Side of the Sun Read more »
Category Archives: DI - Viewing 2013 - Page 2
FILMS – MAY 2013
FILMS – APRIL 2013
(Garnett 1949) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
(Compton 1987) Star Trek, the Next Generation: Ep.11 ― Haven
(Oda 1955) Gigantis, the Fire Monster [variant American version of Godzilla Raids Again] Read more »
FILMS – MARCH 2013
(Petersen 1984) The NeverEnding Story
(Hart 1968) Doctor Who: Ep.238 ― The Space Pirates, Part 1 [reconstructed]
(Hart 1968) Doctor Who: Ep.239 ― The Space Pirates, Part 2
(Hart 1968) Doctor Who: Ep.240 ― The Space Pirates, Part 3 [reconstructed]
(Hart 1968) Doctor Who: Ep.241 ― The Space Pirates, Part 4 [reconstructed] Read more »
FILMS – FEBRUARY 2013
(Wenders 1977) The American Friend [Der Amerikanische Freund]
(Maloney 1968) Doctor Who: Ep.228 ― The Krotons, Part 1
(Maloney 1968) Doctor Who: Ep.229 ― The Krotons, Part 2
(Maloney 1968) Doctor Who: Ep.230 ― The Krotons, Part 3
(Maloney 1968) Doctor Who: Ep.231 ― The Krotons, Part 4
(Marks 1960) Perry Mason: Ep.87 ― The Case of the Singing Skirt
(Anderson 2012) Moonrise Kingdom
(Thorpe 1941) Tarzan’s Secret Treasure
(Delannoy 1964) Les amitiés particulières Read more »
(Ray 1955) Pather Panchali [পথের পাঁচালী; Pôther Pãchali; Song of the Little Road]
Social realism can be pretty drab stuff. Or, like this justly renowned film masterpiece, it can elevate the ordinary details of life into the highest art. There is far more going on in Satyajit Ray’s brilliant directorial debut than the mere recording of life. Considering that he was a novice film-maker, the technical crew and actors were amateurs, and budget was 150,000 rupees (in 1955, less than a sandal-strap budget), Ray was able to create scenes of astonishing lyricism and intensity. Among them are that were the two children, Apu and Durga, chase through a field to see a passing train; where Apu watches, wonder-eyed, a village jatra play; and the homecoming of the father, who learns that his daughter has died. The film was based on the autobiographical novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, who lived the intense poverty that he wrote of, and knew that the bottom of the social scale contains as many Hamlets and Andromaches as does the top. Everything about this film is honest, and the brilliant score by Ravi Shankar gives it additional depth. Ray went on to film two sequels. The three films are now known as the Apu Trilogy — Pather Panchali (1955); Aparajito [The Unvanquished](1956) and Apur Sansar [The World of Apu](1959). His subsequent career carved out a space for Bengali films, usually more serious in purpose than the output of Mumbai or Chennai.
FILMS – JANUARY 2013
(Juran 1964) The First Men in the Moon
(Gorst 2004) The Big Question: Ep.1 — How Did the Universe Begin?
(Gorst 2004) The Big Question: Ep.3 — Why Are We Here?
(Burke 2011) Coast: Ep.48 ― The Western Isles and Shetland Read more »