Until now, the name Giancarlo Rosi was obscure to me, and would only come across in passing through some blog reads. This 55-min documentary is my first exposure to his work.
Filming stories centered around life & death around the Ganga and Varanasi ghats isn’t uncommon; but i guess in the smorgasbord of content, Rosi draws you in with a beautifully panned take of the life around the river.
Rosi wades around the shores of the Ganga river with his nonchalant protagonist— boatman Gopal Maji, as they discuss the Hindu mythology, traditions, and the life around the ghats. Rosi’s European perspective doesn’t feel one-sided, benefitting from Rosi’s passive observer filming style. The characters, man. They’re what intrigued me. The contradictory complexities is funnily enough what unifies them at the Ganges.
Until now, the name Giancarlo Rosi was obscure to me, and would only come across in passing through some blog reads. This 55-min documentary is my first exposure to his work.
Filming stories centered around life & death around the Ganga and Varanasi ghats isn’t uncommon; but i guess in the smorgasbord of content, Rosi draws you in with a beautifully panned take of the life around the river.
Rosi wades around the shores of the Ganga river with his nonchalant protagonist— boatman Gopal Maji, as they discuss the Hindu mythology, traditions, and the life around the ghats. Rosi’s European perspective doesn’t feel one-sided, benefitting from Rosi’s passive observer filming style. The characters, man. They’re what intrigued me. The contradictory complexities is funnily enough what unifies them at the Ganges.
