Month: March 2021

Biutiful

“Biutiful” Analysis and Review: Inarritu’s “Biutiful” Brings Out the Darkness of the Bustling Streets of Barcelona, and the Inner Beauty of a Faulty Individual

By / March 29, 2021

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu brings out the dark sides of bustling Barcelona through his beautiful film Biutiful. The film depicts the inner beauty of a faulty individual Uxbal (Javier Bardem), a middleman for the Chinese sweatshop owners and African-origin peddlers. Fake merchandise produced in the sweatshop is sold on the street by the African-origin peddlers. Uxbal …

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Timbuktu

“Timbuktu” Analysis and Review: Abderrahmane Sissako’s “Timbuktu” Shows the True Color of Terrorism and Its Devastating Impact on the Modern World

By / March 17, 2021

Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu deals with one of the most troubling issues of the modern world – terrorism. The film shows the terrorist activities in 2012 when the terrorist group Ansar Dine captured the Malian city of Timbuktu. Historically and culturally enriched Timbuktu turned into a city of destruction and evil during this time.  Sissako shows …

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The Salesman

“The Salesman” Analysis and Review: Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” Is an Astounding Psychological Character Study

By / March 7, 2021

Asghar Farhadi returns to Iran after The Past and makes yet another masterpiece The Salesman. The film tells the story of a theater actor couple Emad (Shahab Hosseini), who is also a teacher, and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti). They act in Arthur Miller’s famous play Death of a Salesman. However, the film takes a U-turn when …

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