I mean with that moustache who can really blame her?

Well...*that* was a movie.

Fascinating and off-putting in equal measure, I definitely liked and ired this a lot but can't quite put my finger on why it worked. Between the off-kilter framing and the delicious details of Campion's world, this feels very much like a major work yet the aimless structure of the film also kept me at arm's length.

I suspect this is a grower and I'll come back to it again.

I watched this with deep regret that I didn't have any Guinness in my fridge.

For a film that did such a wonderful job of documenting a relationship in free fall, that ending rang exceptionally false to me. I can only imagine the years of misery and silent warfare that lie ahead for these two.

There’s no arguing with that synth line.

So lo-fi that I could barely track what was happening most of the time. It’s difficult to imagine that less than 5 years later these guys were making Halloween and Alien. What a world.

Thankful tonight for:

(1) Satyajit Ray (undefeated)
(2) Madhabi Mukherjee singing while swinging
(2) Soumitra Chatterjee goofing off for the ladies
(3) Criterion Channel

This movie came out when I was a kid and it seemed like all of the adults were talking about it. My impression was that it was an adult movie about real adult problems. Adulthood looked hard.

Almost 40-years later and I've finally gotten around to watching it. My impression in 2021 -- this is a boring-ass movie about shallow self-absorbed characters navigating lame 80s problems.

This movie proves that it was more fun to be a kid in the 80s than an adult.

Tough sit. Maybe it was the flat and ugly SD copy I watched or maybe it was the combination of tabloid subject and bad moustache, but this was especially lurid and unpleasant. I'm confident that the pulpy elements were intentional but for all of the talent involved, this still felt too much like a thousand other made-for-TV movies to me.

And like that, it's over much too soon.

Honestly, I would have been happy to see this story keep going with more and more films. It's such a rich experience to settle in and watch a life stretch out. Stunning on every level.

It makes sense that this finally become a TV show because I don't think it really works as a movie.

Wow, tough movie to watch as I'm preparing to send my first-born child away to university in the next couple of months. I'm in awe of how the Apu story gets richer and deeper with every chapter.