Diwali Gifts: Movie-minded
Our list of cinephile gifting options includes Wes Anderson interviews by Matt Zoller Seitz, Pauline Kael T-shirts and much more
The Wes Anderson Collection: The Wes Anderson Collection is the perfect gift for the director’s fans. Matt Zoller Seitz brings together 20 years of interviews with Anderson, along with storyboards, photographs from the sets and the films, and a wealth of arcana.
Price: Rs1,569
Available at Amazon.in.
Dekalog (DVD): Krzysztof Kieślowski’s 10-part masterwork, made in 1988 for Polish television, gets the Criterion Collection treatment. Each hour-long episode features residents in a housing complex and reinterprets one of the Ten Commandments.
Price: $69.26, or about Rs4,600, for the DVD; $79.99 for Blu-ray (shipping charge, $4.99, extra)
Available at Amazon.com.
Samurai Wars T-Shirt: This T-shirt by Kinda Creative reinterprets the original ‘Star Wars Episode IV’ poster as a samurai epic, thus paying tribute to one of George Lucas’ inspirations for the series.
Price: Rs699
Available at Redwolf.in.
Innocent Sorcerers (DVD): Andrzej Wajda, a giant of cinema, died earlier this month. While the director’s films on Poland’s history are justly celebrated, a lesser-known masterpiece was his 1960 ‘Innocent Sorcerers’. It has the same playfulness that would mark French New Wave films.
Price: £12.99, or about Rs1,100 (shipping charge, £2.50, extra)
Available at Secondrundvd.com.
Pauline Kael T-Shirt: If you can’t get enough of Pauline Kael’s film criticism, celebrate your fandom by buying this T-shirt.
Price: $31.65 (shipping charge, $9.99, extra)
Available at Zazzle.com.
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