Blueprint of a Pleasure Machine
Sukh yantr ka ruphala khaaka
A brazenly metaphysical Indian movie mystery animated with elements taken from the lobby cards and posters Amit Dutta found in a museum’s film paraphernalia collection. The images of stars strut and stumble through the photographs of sets, with a dense voiceover ruminating about past beauties and present shadows. What a masterpiece!
– Olaf Möller
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The Hidden Gesture. War and Melodrama in Hollywood’s 30s and 40s
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Film Dedicated to Water and Trees
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Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
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Film details
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2023
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 10"
- Medium/Format
- Digital
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