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Okja - 2017 Directed by : Bong Joon-ho Okja is four or five films in a single one. It is a drama, a sci fi, a comedy and maybe a satire as well, and many more things, maybe even a thriller. It is a kind of film, which have bit of everything, which is all over the place, and still everything works, quite rare. It could have easily been called as a chaotic mess or undercooked or overcooked, but in fact it really isn't. It is a lovely mess. It has very contrasting elements, the very first scene is; an evil CEO of meat company is promoting her beaf, she tells how she is going to revolutionize the pig meat industry by producing meat from genetically mutated large pigs, which are enormous, probably the size of elephant's baby. Now that scene is business like, very monotonous and superficial and sick. As the evil lady finishes telling her stupid plan, the camera cuts short. We are now in a completely different part of the world. Previous was New York and now some remote ...

Pyaasa - 1957 Directed By : Guru Dutt One of the true pleasures of watching Pyaasa is Guru Dutt's face and his genuine expressions. It doesn't seem like he is playing a character; he is playing himself. Such is the power of those expressions. The genuineness of eyes, the horror in the same eyes when he is exposed to the dirty existence of social hypocrisies and selfishness. Or genuine delight over simplest of things. Or the childlike wonder about the world around him. Everything about that face felt so real and human.  Here is an actor who knows art of acting. While others are waving their hands obsessively, exaggerating expressions, speaking dramatically and mechanically, leaving no traces of subtlety; Dutt is subtle, hardly exaggerating or waving his hands or making faces. He is still. His every word leaves an impact, whether he is angry, sad, disappointed, horrified or happy. Every emotion is portrayed to its utmost perfection. Here is someone who is magical, mys...