Natural History : Part 2- Pier Paolo Pasolini and Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
Theme of nature abounds the film of both Ghatak and Pasolini. History is being temporalized through the passing of nature, yet, this transience comes forth with death and filth. Nature is allegorized as myth. In Ghatak’s Ajantrik (1958), the car is demolished, the only way for Bimal to get sustenance. Yet it consoles him to … Read more