tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post629168604286328139..comments2024-01-01T06:02:03.279-05:00Comments on From the MOON to the GRAIL: 347. Apur Sansar/The World of Apu (1959)Andrew D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-57444670084499380552014-10-29T08:16:20.345-04:002014-10-29T08:16:20.345-04:00Yeah, I even commented that the deaths were a bit ...Yeah, I even commented that the deaths were a bit much and got to be predictable, didn't they? <br /><br />I'm really glad I wasn't alone in not liking these. In reading some of the comments and in realizing that THE BOOK gave all three films full page spreads (two pages in the case of World of Apu), it seemed that I was set to be all alone in disliking them.Andrew D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-60015655116073827262014-10-29T03:55:55.533-04:002014-10-29T03:55:55.533-04:00OK, I think this will cover all three films....
Wh...OK, I think this will cover all three films....<br />What a shame.. I feel really bad about not being swept away by these.. i was so looking forward to them, and went in expecting to enjoy.<br />Unfortunately I came out, not only glad it was all over, but leaving a bit of a dread of other Indian films of a similar type. (It took me till 'The Chess players' to get over that dread)<br />What went so wrong? At a danger of repetition, I will re-state I was wowed by the cinematography.. I think it was the unremitting timetable of disaster and woe.. It has been 15 minutes since the last death, another is due ... who is next, .You could put good money that anyone getting pregnant will die in childbirth .. anyone who wants to spend the 5 rupees that are their life savings on a bus fare to get that good job.. it will do wrong. I'm sure I have pinched this comment from somewhere.. but 'well made arty soap opera' has it well summed up.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918265332894443061noreply@blogger.com