Redes
Written by Agustin Velásquez Chávez and Paul Strand
Directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann
Mexico, 1936
A River Called Titas
Written and directed by Ritwik Ghatak
Bangladesh, 1973
Touki bouki
Written and directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
Senegal, 1973
The Criterion Collection set assembling films rediscovered through the efforts of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is one of the company’s premier achievements. Bringing together six diverse titles from six different regions of the globe, the collection is a treasure trove for those seeking obscure, rare, and fascinating works that extend well beyond film history’s conventional canon. As stated by Criterion itself, “Each is a cinematic revelation, depicting a culture not often seen by outsiders on-screen.” The set also emphasizes, through its calling attention to the efforts of the Wcp initiative, just how necessary and beneficial film preservation and restoration can be. The films included here are only...
Written by Agustin Velásquez Chávez and Paul Strand
Directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann
Mexico, 1936
A River Called Titas
Written and directed by Ritwik Ghatak
Bangladesh, 1973
Touki bouki
Written and directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty
Senegal, 1973
The Criterion Collection set assembling films rediscovered through the efforts of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is one of the company’s premier achievements. Bringing together six diverse titles from six different regions of the globe, the collection is a treasure trove for those seeking obscure, rare, and fascinating works that extend well beyond film history’s conventional canon. As stated by Criterion itself, “Each is a cinematic revelation, depicting a culture not often seen by outsiders on-screen.” The set also emphasizes, through its calling attention to the efforts of the Wcp initiative, just how necessary and beneficial film preservation and restoration can be. The films included here are only...
- 12/27/2013
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Director Djibril Diop Mambéty´s film “Touki Bouki” (1973) is a fascinating exploration into the mind of a man battling African traditions against European modernity. What he garners from European´s experimental cinema techniques of that time, along with underlying themes of Western civilization´s corruption and aversion for African culture, he juxtaposes with an oral storytelling tradition reminiscent of a true African foltktale — a man risking it all to leave home for a better life. Mambéty brilliantly fuses these compounded concepts through a pair of young lovers living in Dakar.
Mory (Magaye Niang ) and Anta (Mareme Niang) share little in common with their surroundings. They ride around town on Mory's motorbike, decorated with a symbolic cow´s skull, sharing a dream of escaping to Paris. They imagine their lives filled with luxury and to one day return to Dakar to be adored instead of scorned. When just such an opportunity unfolds,...
Mory (Magaye Niang ) and Anta (Mareme Niang) share little in common with their surroundings. They ride around town on Mory's motorbike, decorated with a symbolic cow´s skull, sharing a dream of escaping to Paris. They imagine their lives filled with luxury and to one day return to Dakar to be adored instead of scorned. When just such an opportunity unfolds,...
- 11/4/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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