Scene by Scene

In this episode, we discuss Tsai Ming-liang’s The River, including how Tsai visualizes complex ideas, the reason for Hsiao-Kang's neck pain, and what water represents. See where The River is available to watch.Supplemental Material:• The River | City Cinematheque• City Without Tears by Jonathan Rosenbaum• Video Essay: "Days Passed" | Lee Kang-Sheng Through the Eyes of Tsai Ming-Liang• Award-Winning Director Tsai Ming-Liang Reveals The Origins of His Cinematic Dream• Filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang on Screenwriting• NYFF58 Talk: Tsai Ming-liang• Alternative Narratives: Art as Articulated by Tsai Ming-liang I Berlinale Talents 2024Additional Audio Sources:• The River (Internet Archive Transfer)If you'd like to support the show, subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share the podcast with someone who might enjoy it.If you have any thoughts, comments, or questions about the show, you can email us at [email protected] us on Letterboxd: Joe | Justin

In this episode, we discuss Sidney J. Furie’s The Entity, including how Carla is disbelieved and dismissed, the disharmony between the film’s sexual assaults and the paranormal climax, and Furie’s use of Dutch angles and the split diopter. See where The Entity is available to watch.Supplemental Material:• Scream Factory's The Entity Blu-ray• Imprint's Directed by Sidney J. Furie Blu-ray Boxset• Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films by Daniel Kremer (Book)• Portraits: Sidney J. Furie | TIFF OriginalsAdditional Audio Sources:• The Entity Trailer• Scream Factory's The Entity Blu-ray• "Inner Strength" on Scream Factory's Blu-ray• "High Dread" on Scream Factory's Blu-ray• "Seeing Is Believing" on Scream Factory's Blu-ray• "Spirits & Sprocket Holes" on Scream Factory's Blu-ray• Portraits: Sidney J. Furie | TIFF OriginalsIf you'd like to support the show, subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share the podcast with someone who might enjoy it.If you have any thoughts, comments, or questions about the show, you can email us at [email protected] us on Letterboxd: Joe | Justin

In this episode, we discuss Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure, including how the film differs from traditional mysteries, how Kurosawa depicts violence, and how the filmmaking hypnotizes.See where Cure is available to watch.Supplemental Material:• The Criterion Collection's Cure Blu-ray• Eureka! Masters of Cinema's Cure Blu-ray• Cure on The Criterion Channel• (There Is No) CURE• Cure: Erasure by Chris FujiwaraAdditional Audio Sources:• Cure Trailer• Eureka! Masters of Cinema's Cure Blu-rayIf you'd like to support the show, subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share the podcast with someone who might enjoy it.If you have any thoughts, comments, or questions about the show, you can email us at [email protected] us on Letterboxd: Joe | Justin

Announcement: Scene by Scene is transitioning to one episode per month. This new release schedule is temporary. More information in the episode. In this episode, we discuss Ritwik Ghatak’s The Cloud-Capped Star, including the Indian Partition’s influence on Ghatak, Ghatak’s unbalanced compositions, and how Neeta “looking” communicates character information. See where The Cloud-Capped Star is available to watch.Supplemental Material:• The Criterion Collection's The Cloud-Capped Star Blu-ray• The Cloud-Capped Star: A Cry for Life by Ira Bhaskar• An Anguish at Arm’s Length: Supriya Choudhury in The Cloud-Capped Star by Devika Girish• Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Kumar Ashahani on The Cloud-Capped Star (The Criterion Channel)• Ritwik Ghatak and the Lost Art of Self-Destruction by Amborish Roychoudhury• “I am burning, everyone is burning, the universe is burning”: Derek Malcolm on the films of Ritwik Ghatak by Derek Malcolm• PORTRAIT OF THE DIRECTOR - Ritwik Ghatak | Doordarshan National• Derek Malcolm on Ritwik Ghatak's The Cloud-Capped Star• Subcontinental Divide: Ritwik Ghatak by Jacob Levich• Ritwik Ghatak and his ‘Partition Trilogy’ by Biswadeep Sengupta• Partition: Why was British India divided 75 years ago?• The Great Divide by William Dalrymple• The Story of the 1947 Partition as Told by the People Who Were There by Guneeta Singh BhallaAdditional Audio Sources:• The Criterion Collection's The Cloud-Capped Star Blu-rayIf you'd like to support the show, subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share the podcast with someone who might enjoy it.If you have any thoughts, comments, or questions about the show, you can email us at [email protected] us on Letterboxd: Joe | Justin