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Tag / 1983

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Mandi (1983)

  • Benegal, Shyam
  • 1983, India, Shyam Benegal
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Lengthy but still an entertaining piece centering on a bordello and its ragtag of vibrant characters as Shyam Benegal balances humour and serious women issues with skill. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 2, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Pauline at the Beach (1983)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1983, Eric Rohmer, France
  • 1 Comment

Rohmer plays an elaborate, frolicky game of relationship misunderstandings and coverups in his third ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ series, as most of the characters try to make sense—with sheer incompetence—what the meaning of love is.   

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 27, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

  • Resnais, Alain
  • 1983, Alain Resnais, France
  • 1 Comment

Resnais’ tonally-jarring ‘musical-drama’ that intercuts across three timelines feels too artificially-constructed and incoherent to make any meaningful sense.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Rumble Fish (1983)

  • Coppola, Francis Ford, Criterion Collection
  • 1983, Francis Ford Coppola, USA
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A feverish attempt at exploring the nature of wasted youth with strong visual and aural stylings that can’t quite hide its meandering narrative.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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February 25, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Ballad of Narayama, The (1983)

  • Imamura, Shohei
  • 1983, Japan, Shohei Imamura
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4 stars

An uncompromising adaptation of a beloved tale where Imamura manages to find moments of poetry amid the brutality, carnal desires and existential torment.

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January 18, 2019November 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

First Name: Carmen (1983)

  • Godard, Jean-Luc
  • 1983, France, Jean-Luc Godard
  • 1 Comment

Godard’s Venice Golden Lion winner doesn’t quite work narratively, but its fragmentary melding of music, sound design and images is an interesting experiment.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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December 3, 2018June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Boys from Fengkuei, The (1983)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1983, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 4 Comments

Hou Hsao-Hsien’s coming-of-age drama shows the hard-hitting reality of surviving in 1980s Taiwan, yet resonates as an evocation of a time passed.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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