What I Like about the Film “Obsession”

To say that “Obsession” needs no external critique is to argue that it is so fraught with internal contradictions that, in effect, the film acts as its own worst enemy; with each frame, the film digs itself in an ever deepening grave. Or, to use a different metaphor, with each frame it hammers yet another nail in its own coffin.

Be Suspicious . . . be Very Suspicious

August 14:  Pakistan’s independence day.  August 15:  India’s independence day.  Technically, the moment of freedom is supposed to have arrived at the stroke of midnight, and so the choice of these dates was largely arbitrary.  What was probably a more important consideration on both sides of the border was to avoid the embarrassing situation of having…