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Calcutta

  • 1969
  • 1h 45m
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7.2/10
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Calcutta (1969)
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With minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960's: rich and poor, exotic and mun... Read allWith minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960's: rich and poor, exotic and mundane, secular and religious, children and adults, animate and inanimate. Given only the im... Read allWith minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960's: rich and poor, exotic and mundane, secular and religious, children and adults, animate and inanimate. Given only the images, the viewer can read any meaning she or he wants into the film.

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    • Louis Malle
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    • Louis Malle
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    • Louis Malle
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    • Director
      • Louis Malle
    • Writer
      • Louis Malle
    • Star
      • Louis Malle
    • 11User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    I wish people who review movies would do exactly that, and not go flying off on political tangents that aren't necessary or relevant. Yes, Kolkata is different 40 years after this film was shot. What bearing does this have on a film made in 1968? And I don't know why one commenter berated the United States in such broad-sweeping terms, beginning with the false assumption that "we" don't know about our own slums-- and the implicit idea, about as inane as it gets, that American filmmakers don't make films about poverty in America. It's hard to find American films that are NOT critical of their own country-- I know this because I pay some degree of attention.

    Not that diatribes against the U.S. have squat to do with this film under consideration. It is a FRENCH film.

    There are plenty of sites people eager to vent their bigotry against other peoples and other nations can go, and be welcome.

    As for this movie, it "speaks" for itself-- mainly by presenting the subject with as little interpretive voice-over as is possible. To see it attacked on trumped up ideological grounds-- well, it makes my jaw drop.
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    • Mar 23, 2009

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    • Release date
      • November 1971 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Kalkutta
    • Filming locations
      • Calcutta, West Bengal, India
    • Production company
      • Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)
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      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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