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Sudipto

Basu

Kolkata, India

About Me

Film lover, occasional critic and wannabe director. Still learning things.

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Topkapi

More a Billy Wilder farce than a Dassin heist film.

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Three Colors: Blue

Style

Auteur-driven
Zip, whiz, and energetic!
Serene & subtle
Deliriously surreal
Nouvelle vague
Canonical classics
Shh!—silent cinema
Of-the-past
High Art
Vanguard cinema
Neorealist
Coming-of-Age

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I enjoy reading your film comments. Just curious about your thoughts on 'Gulaal'. I definitely agree, the film greatly benefits because of Piyush Mishra's iconic role and his musical talents. However, Kashyap has also mentioned it is a film he wanted to make either before or right after 'Black Friday'. So he worked on it for nearly 6-7 years, and finally completed it after all the progressive studio's backing out on him.Courtesy of his "debut". Paanch will hopefully see a release date soon.

Sudipto Basu

4May13

I have something of a love-hate relationship with Kashyap's work. (The only film I unabashedly love is Black Friday, all the others keep shifting.) Gulaal is one of the few films dealing with college politics that feel real - Tigmanshu Dhulia's Haasil its predecessor - even though Kashyap decides to give more importance to plot over texture in the final run (the finale is obvious designer despair). I like it on the whole though, because there are also enough interesting digressions.
Sudipto Basu

4May13

Paanch is nothing extraordinary, unfortunately. Mostly adolescent fantasies of "darkness" and violence.
methimpikehoses

4May13

I still haven't seen Paanch. I know there's a preview copy torrent out there. Kashyap probably released it himself.

DT

3May13

Thank you for the kind words, monsieur.

Sudipto Basu

4May13

Eh, nothing compared to your insights. :D

Trolley Freak

29Apr13

Thanks for fanning my Fassbinder list! :)

Andhika Eka Buana

25Apr13

Thanks for following back! Haha I just can't be 100% serious that's all.

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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Luis Bunuel’s ‘The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie’ holds the promise of a “proper” (classical) narrative throughout its length but doggedly fails in keeping it. Here is a film that pretends to head… read review

The Expedition

First of all, I unexpectedly got a lovely print. The Masters of Cinema series (Eureka!). Just wish some other Indian films of the period are restored soon.

Narsingh, a cynical cab-driver over… read review

Kanchenjungha

An upper-class Calcutta family has come to the hill-station of Darjeeling to spend a vacation. The narrative encompasses the day before their planned departure. The patriarch is a relic of the Raj… read review