Deeply moving, pornographically personal, painfully intimate films like Marriage Story and Scenes from a Marriage are a whole mood. Does this genre have more of a sway on women audiences? Is it a stand in for therapy? A safe space to learn from the relationship missteps of others? Which Indian films do a great job of capturing the erosion of marriage on screen? And how are new shows in this space reimagining the importance of family and friendship, in a world where both marriage and monogamy seem to present perilious new dangers? In this episode of Culture Jasoos, you will find some recommendations and some analysis of the power of 'emotional porn' in films and shows from around the world.
Deeply moving, pornographically personal, painfully intimate films like Marriage Story and Scenes from a Marriage are a whole mood. Does this genre have more of a sway on women audiences? Is it a stand in for therapy? A safe space to learn from the relationship missteps of others? Which Indian films do a great job of capturing the erosion of marriage on screen? And how are new shows in this space reimagining the importance of family and friendship, in a world where both marriage and monogamy seem to present perilious new dangers? In this episode of Culture Jasoos, you will find some recommendations and some analysis of the power of 'emotional porn' in films and shows from around the world.
I talk about 'The Marriage Story' by Noah Baumbach, Scenes from a Marriage by Ingmar Bergman ('72) and Hagai Levi ('21), Contempt by Godard, Arth by Mahesh Bhatt, Astitva by Mahesh Manjrekar, Paroma by Aparna Sen, and Everything Will Be Fine by Diego Luna.