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REFLECTIONS ON POINTS OF VIEW

Posted on October 4, 2013 by rinaross

In the last few months I have been asked – as an expert on old women in films – to be a panelist at two festivals, and to present a film at a literature festival. I declined the first two … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Conferences and comments | Tagged academic institutions, Ageing, Ageism, Ballad of Narayama, best exotic marigold hotel, british comedies, Fear Eats the Soul, film group, film industry, film panels, film reception, grandmother, group of old women, Notes on a Scandal, Pauline and Paulette, points of view, Records of a Tenement Gentleman, representation, representation old woman, still doing it, The Grapes of Wrath, The Mother, The Whales of August, tokyo story, women over 65 | 2 Comments

Baghban (The Gardener – 2003)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by rinaross

66 years later than Make Way For Tomorrow and 50 years later than TS, Baghban (2003) treats the same subject of the generation gap in a changing world. But in contrast to both MWT and TS Poojah the old woman … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged adopted son, Ageing, Baghban, bollywood, caring, daughter-in-law, escapism, family, grandmother, indian film, intergeneration, make way for tomorrow, mother, oldwoman/teenager, separation, sexism, sons and mothers, teenager, tokyo story | 2 Comments

THE OLD WOMAN IN ‘MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW’ AND ‘TOKYO STORY’

Posted on August 24, 2013 by rinaross

The film group is on holiday so I can come back to my three years old project. This is to consider the old woman in two classic films with the same story. For there is no magic that will draw … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, daughter, daughter-in-law, death, family, grandmother, intergeneration, make way for tomorrow, mother, mother and son, mother/daughter, old woman, oldwoman/teenager, representation old woman, separation, tokyo story | Leave a comment

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Baghban (The Gardener – 2003)

THE OLD WOMAN IN ‘MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW’ AND ‘TOKYO STORY’

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