Two

Sayantan Chatterjee

2018-07-09

⭐ 9

<b>Rating: 8.7 / 10</b> <blockquote> <i>"The war in Vietnam is but a symptom of a far deeper malady within the American spirit."</i> <br><br> — Martin Luther King Jr. </blockquote> Satyajit Ray shows in 12 minutes of cinema without dialogues how impressionable the mind of a child can be, how the rich kid will have all the means to get one up over the poor kid but will always be insecure of the liberty the poor kid enjoys. It is this sense of liberty that would make the poor kid stand back up after a heavy loss. Robots will fall, the tune of the flute will be heard again. Imagin…

CinemaSerf

2025-01-22

⭐ 7

A bored young lad is wandering about his palatial home where has everything he is likely to need to eat, drink and play with. Then from his window he espies another boy outside playing on his makeshift flute. He then proceeds to get his more sophisticated instrument and out-blows him. His new pal goes and gets a drum - but the wealthier lad has a wind up monkey that can play two - at the same time. Not to be outdone, the poorer one returns wearing a menacing mask and wielding a bow and arrow. In response? Well another mask and a machine gun! Silence breaks out and the boys go their separate wa…