Pather Panchali + Kajillionaire

Episode Notes

Differing poverties. Turns out, this is not a cheeky Double Feature. A fresh breath of filmmaking in Pather Panchali, a movie many people are still discovering for the first time. The way current films address diversity is still condescending. The problem of getting audience to accept leaving their confort zone. New countries make movies – seeing the democratization of film making again and again as each country gets its own new wave. The punctuation of Pather Panchali’s impulsive nature & mood inserts. Give due respect to Miranda July. Kajillionaire’s surreal look at the modern day struggle with crony-capitalism. In addition to society, Kajillionaire takes on con artists, parenting, arrested development, isolation, existentialism, second changes, self-love, and so much more.

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Pather Panchali

Released: August 26, 1955
Runtime: 125 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: Satyajit Ray
Writer: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Subir Banerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Karuna Banerjee

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life, while their parents suffer the daily indignities heaped upon them.

Kajillionaire

Released: September 25, 2020
Runtime: 104 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: Miranda July
Writer: Miranda July
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Gina Rodriguez

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.