Siddartha (Dhritiman Chatterjee) is forced to discontinue his medical studies due to unexpected and brutal death of his father. He has to now find a job in stead. In one job interview, he is asked to name the most significant world event in the last ten years. His reply is 'the plain human courage shown by the people of Vietnam', instead of the expected - man landing on moon. The interviewer asks is he is a communist. Needles to say that he does not get the job.
He reaches a coffee shop where he is offered to work for the communist party. When he does not show any interest the party leader tells him about an opening for a medical representative. To escape from the heat and have a snooze, he goes in to a cinema. As a government propaganda newsreel is being shown before the feature, a bomb explodes in the cinema hall. In the stampede that follows, Siddartha, breaks his watch. He goes to a watchmaker but he cannot afford the repairs.
Waiting to cross the road, he notices a sexy girl. He drifts back to his days as a medical student in a flashback. The professor is explaining anatomy of female breast. Many flashbacks and dreams occur to Siddartha through the film.
On his way to hostel, he has an encounter with some hippies. Along with an ex-classmate, he goes out to see a porn film but to their disappointment, the film turns out to be not-so-pornographic.
In such constant wandering in a Calcutta, disintegrated relationships with his sister and a Naxalite (militant communist) brother, his friendship with Keya is only thing that keeps him sane.
Keya is a simple girl. They enjoy each other's company but they cannot make any commitment to each other due to the circumstances.
After yet another attempt at a job interview, Siddartha leaves the big city to take a modest job of a salesman in a far off small town. He writes to Keya that he still cherishes their relationship. And that he has heard that bird call again but this time it is for real, and not his mind. After completing the letter, he comes out to the balcony of his modest room. The bird calls again. He also hears the sombre chants of a funeral procession. As he turns to the camera, the picture is frozen.
This is the first film of the Calcutta Trilogy. The other two were and Seemabaddha (Company Limited, 1971) and Jana Aranya (The Middle Man, 1975). All the three films study the effect the big city of Calcutta has on the educated youth and the price it extracts from them.
The seventies were a difficult period for India and West Bengal. The Corruption was rampant; the Naxalite movement had created havoc in Calcutta. In fact, they had turned parts of Calcutta into 'liberated zones'. By the time the Naxalite movement died down, in 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (then, Prime Minister of India) suppressed the fundamental rights and declared "Emergency" for her own political survival. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi became a dictator of sorts without any official designation. The opposition leaders were thrown into prisons.
About his social responsibilities as a filmmaker, in an interview with Cineaste magazine, Ray commented, "You can see my attitude in The Adversary where you have two brothers. The younger brother is a Naxalite. There is no doubt that the elder brother admires the younger brother for his bravery and convictions. The film is not ambiguous about that. As a filmmaker, however, I was more interested in the elder brother because he is the vacillating character. As a psychological entity, as a human being with doubts, he is a more interesting character to me. The younger brother has already identified himself with a cause. That makes him part of a total attitude and makes him unimportant. The Naxalite movement takes over. He, as a person, becomes insignificant."
In a letter to Seton in 1970, Ray wrote that Pratidwandi was the most provocative film he had made till then. The film is said to have evoked extreme reactions. "People either loved the film or hated it", Dhritiman Chatterjee told Andrew Robinson, Ray's biographer.
本质上还是青春爱情小品，放在了70年代好莱坞的大背景下，让一些伤痛小清新都裹上了Valley气质。未成年的小孩明星和成年不得意的女性，进行了一场两个多小时的爱情追逐，相伴或者闹变扭都像过家家一样，前两场奔跑的戏份是恰到好处，最后一场双向奔赴就添了几分刻意。我始终不看好女孩能忍耐男孩的幼稚到何时。至于PTA拿亚裔开涮这事儿，好莱坞不就这个德性么，zzzq不过是老白男掩耳盗铃罢了。
太喜欢女主，我心目中妄想成为的cool girl，如果真有人不识趣问她为什么还单身，那我只能回答你“因为她实在是太完美你只能望其项背。”
……好土啊，看了约等于没看，虽然抛弃了一些低级趣味，可是从剧组本身透露出来的乡土味让我全程都无法理解导演想表达的事物，过年图一乐呵随便看看，真认真起来可真就没意思
“我们都只是跑来跑去”孟克柔的话好适合这两个人关系。
一个安德森喜欢流光溢彩的川渝火锅
故事一般，但拍得好看，两位新演员之间的化学反应是意料之外的，效果也很好。70年代的西海岸阳光都快透过屏幕照到我脸上了。
似乎单写Alana一边会比较好，远不如Punch Drunk Love.
3.8公司福利，看到一半睡着了，醒来还撒了一杯可乐。
喜欢，对这种复古美式调调毫无抵抗力。毕竟就冲着PTA的调度都足够满足，倒车戏一场就够我爽了，谢谢！
就看 credits 的姓氏完全是影人亲属大荟萃 2333 不过 Cooper 真的是很多状态都能联想到 Seymour 的往日神态 电话一端的踟蹰走神 现场推销的镇定自信 录像收音的尴尬不安 …… Soggy Bottom sounds like someone shit their pants 所以还是原名有趣呀 p.s. PTA 真的是近些年重看掉分最多的导演 血色 私恋 不羁 大师那些土而不自知的做作姿态此次竟然全消失了 取而代之的捕捉完全是不可能再有的只存在一瞬的时刻 能一举杀回前三的好作品
不对称的成熟度是众多青春片写作的底层逻辑，而落差的圆满又会沦为一种烂俗的结尾，更不提复古怀旧，胶片炫光，奔跑交叉剪辑等俗不可耐的形式手法，但抛开这些表层的印象，故事的缝合堪称不凡，它并非一套只满足合身需求的外衣，也同样散布着大量出挑但不抢眼的细腻设计，出挑的设计构成一种导演签名而非别的，一种定制化的成衣如同一种作者感的类型片。 被诟病的性别主义骑墙视点意味着都能找到共鸣，在共鸣之外还能察觉到一丝自省，PTA依旧是分析式的写作而非感受型写作。
亲朋好友齐上阵，时代怀旧彩蛋多，PTA轻轻松松随随便便玩了一票。
女主很漂亮，但即便如此，也是通过与不同男人的反复交手试探中获得自我的定位。很女生的视角。开车那一段太好看。不爱的是，它太甜了。
两星给画面和演员。好老套的剧情，好male gaze的结局，好低俗的亚裔玩笑，不敢想象这是2021年好评如潮的作品（而且70mm的放映机画面一直在频闪，看得我眼要瞎掉了。。。
不对称的成熟度是众多青春片写作的底层逻辑，而落差的圆满又会沦为一种烂俗的结尾，更不提复古怀旧，胶片炫光，奔跑交叉剪辑等俗不可耐的形式手法，但抛开这些表层的印象，故事的缝合堪称不凡，它并非一套只满足合身需求的外衣，也同样散布着大量出挑但不抢眼的细腻设计，出挑的设计构成一种导演签名而非别的，一种定制化的成衣如同一种作者感的类型片。 被诟病的性别主义骑墙视点意味着都能找到共鸣，在共鸣之外还能察觉到一丝自省，PTA依旧是分析式的写作而非感受型写作。
PTA自《血色将至》以后最小，最轻盈也是最私人的一部作品。PTA重回圣费尔南多谷，带着观众一起沐浴在加州无与伦比的阳光，棕榈树和70年代流行文化之中。PTA收起了早期的锋芒，也摆脱了后来的滞重，贡献了特别特别令人愉悦的观影体验（大赞女主！）。的确某种程度上讲这是一种自我致敬和重复，但这结合上那个“口音梗”，是不是也是PTA在用自己的方式，对现在身份政治横行的好莱坞潮流说不呢？
如果这是PTA的作品，那么无法想象一个拍出来血色将至的人，会拿出如此质量的作品#2022奥斯卡阅片倒计时#
大师作品在细节和调性上总能出类拔萃，可惜这个于我有代沟和国沟，实在无法从70年代的美国年代梗获得任何感觉，最重要的应该是我真不喜欢这个女主~~~这个长相时而发嗲时而发神经而相当自以为是，就略讨厌。
是部有趣的片子，但是感觉很“私人”，有共鸣的地方就很触动人，没共鸣的地方就会觉得有些无聊。
有趣的灵魂万里无一。这片子怎么好我说不出来，应该说这部片子可以算是所有做作的恋爱电影的终极反义词了。
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