World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History #14
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Sally
Unrequited love is not the central theme featured in Wong Kar-wai's body of work. It is the central theme of his most famous film, In the Mode for Love.
His body of work primarily examines the themes of desire, isolation and memories. Unrequited love fits with those themes but does not embody the. All black horses are horses, but not all horses are black. Just because it is a theme featured in one film, does not mean the same theme is central to all of the director's films. Please do your research better.
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Unrequited love is not the central theme featured in Wong Kar-wai's body of work. It is the central theme of his most famous film, In the Mode for Love.
His body of work primarily examines the themes of desire, isolation and memories. Unrequited love fits with those themes but does not embody the. All black horses are horses, but not all horses are black. Just because it is a theme featured in one film, does not mean the same theme is central to all of the director's films. Please do your research better.
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Sayak
Apart from the mention of the works of Satyajit Ray, India cinema seems to be grossly generalized in this video. Indian cinema today, while still adhering (for the most part) to the formulaic film-making techniques of the past century, has incorporated fresh techniques of storytelling highlighting Indian society and its perks and pitfalls. That is modern Indian cinema.
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Apart from the mention of the works of Satyajit Ray, India cinema seems to be grossly generalized in this video. Indian cinema today, while still adhering (for the most part) to the formulaic film-making techniques of the past century, has incorporated fresh techniques of storytelling highlighting Indian society and its perks and pitfalls. That is modern Indian cinema.
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Gurjot
100% agree that bollywood makes 1930's american studio like movies. Most popular movies have nothing but dance numbers, bad acting and the resulting horrible celebrity culture. So much for being the largest movie industry.
We need some serious aesthetic indian cinema!
Last good indian movie i saw that came near to this was Masaan.
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100% agree that bollywood makes 1930's american studio like movies. Most popular movies have nothing but dance numbers, bad acting and the resulting horrible celebrity culture. So much for being the largest movie industry.
We need some serious aesthetic indian cinema!
Last good indian movie i saw that came near to this was Masaan.
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Sally
Those are not Zhang's best regarded films! If someone followed your recommendations as an intro to Zhang's work, they'd be very disappointed.
Imagine if I introduced Shyamalan to someone and only mentioned The Village and The Last Airbender. (Not trying to equate the two directors at all. Just trying to make a point about filmography)
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Those are not Zhang's best regarded films! If someone followed your recommendations as an intro to Zhang's work, they'd be very disappointed.
Imagine if I introduced Shyamalan to someone and only mentioned The Village and The Last Airbender. (Not trying to equate the two directors at all. Just trying to make a point about filmography)
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Catherine
It's so great to hear about how different places' cinema have developed, and I would love to see more in-depth discussions of each of these. Also, I know it's hard to pronounce Chinese names, but can you guys at least make a bit of an effort and not just make wild guesses that sound nothing like the actual pronunciation?
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It's so great to hear about how different places' cinema have developed, and I would love to see more in-depth discussions of each of these. Also, I know it's hard to pronounce Chinese names, but can you guys at least make a bit of an effort and not just make wild guesses that sound nothing like the actual pronunciation?
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Johnny
-CrashCourse Craig, you were wrong about one thing when you spoke of Indian Cinema. The region that makes Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films is called South India, and is collectively called South Indian Cinema. Calling the region Madras is outdated and now it is even considered as a racial stereotype here in India.
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-CrashCourse Craig, you were wrong about one thing when you spoke of Indian Cinema. The region that makes Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films is called South India, and is collectively called South Indian Cinema. Calling the region Madras is outdated and now it is even considered as a racial stereotype here in India.
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homefreylf
I'm so pleased you guys focused this episode on non-hollywood and non-european cinema! More attention really ought to be paid to films from outside that particular bubble. As Kurosawa said, -Never having seen a Satyajit Ray film is like never having seen the sun and the moon. -
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I'm so pleased you guys focused this episode on non-hollywood and non-european cinema! More attention really ought to be paid to films from outside that particular bubble. As Kurosawa said, -Never having seen a Satyajit Ray film is like never having seen the sun and the moon. -
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Luboman411
Woo-hoo! Yasujiro Ozu is conceivably among the top 3 directors of ALL TIME for me! His movies--wow, even 70 years later they make me cry. And I don't understand a lick of Japanese and these movies are in black and white. They're sooooo good, especially -Tokyo Story-!
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Woo-hoo! Yasujiro Ozu is conceivably among the top 3 directors of ALL TIME for me! His movies--wow, even 70 years later they make me cry. And I don't understand a lick of Japanese and these movies are in black and white. They're sooooo good, especially -Tokyo Story-!
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Thy
What you fail to realize my dear dear nerd, is that the few Indian movies you managed to mention are the ONLY good movies to come out of the entire subcontinent. Three Idiots wasn't bad either.
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What you fail to realize my dear dear nerd, is that the few Indian movies you managed to mention are the ONLY good movies to come out of the entire subcontinent. Three Idiots wasn't bad either.
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Expeditioner
You guys need to do more research about Indian cinema. And also Satyajit Ray is as big a giant of world cinema as Kurosawa. Both have won Oscars for lifetime achievement.
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You guys need to do more research about Indian cinema. And also Satyajit Ray is as big a giant of world cinema as Kurosawa. Both have won Oscars for lifetime achievement.
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