This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss Eclipse Series 40: Late Ray.
About the films:
The films directed by the great Satyajit Ray in the last ten years of his life have a unique dignity and drama. Three of them are collected here: the fervent Rabindranath Tagore adaptation The Home and the World; the vital An Enemy of the People, based on the Henrik Ibsen play; and the filmmaker’s final work, the poignant and philosophical family story The Stranger. They are complex, political, and humane depictions of worlds both corrupt and indescribably beautiful, constructed with Ray’s characteristic elegance and imbued with autumnal profundity. These late-career features are the meditative works of a master.
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About the films:
The films directed by the great Satyajit Ray in the last ten years of his life have a unique dignity and drama. Three of them are collected here: the fervent Rabindranath Tagore adaptation The Home and the World; the vital An Enemy of the People, based on the Henrik Ibsen play; and the filmmaker’s final work, the poignant and philosophical family story The Stranger. They are complex, political, and humane depictions of worlds both corrupt and indescribably beautiful, constructed with Ray’s characteristic elegance and imbued with autumnal profundity. These late-career features are the meditative works of a master.
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- 12/2/2015
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
Amitava Nag reviews “Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen- Bengali Cinema’s First Couple” by Maitreyee B Chowdhury, the first book in English on Bengali cinema’s evergreen couple
U ttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen are the two names that any one remotely connected to Bengali cinema can associate with even today, more than three decades after they ever acted on screen. Today’s media and the cultural space which is filled up with the modern day hero and the bit-sized starlets hanging from his shoulder in all directions cannot still quite shrug off the magnetic presence of this romantic on-screen couple who swayed Bengali cinema in its golden period – the 1950s and the 1960s. Strangely, there had not been any book on the duo in English (a few are available in Bengali though but not very authentic in any sense) so far till one comes across Maitreyee B Chowdhury...
U ttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen are the two names that any one remotely connected to Bengali cinema can associate with even today, more than three decades after they ever acted on screen. Today’s media and the cultural space which is filled up with the modern day hero and the bit-sized starlets hanging from his shoulder in all directions cannot still quite shrug off the magnetic presence of this romantic on-screen couple who swayed Bengali cinema in its golden period – the 1950s and the 1960s. Strangely, there had not been any book on the duo in English (a few are available in Bengali though but not very authentic in any sense) so far till one comes across Maitreyee B Chowdhury...
- 8/14/2013
- by Amitava Nag
- DearCinema.com
Yesterday we gave you an overview about the exciting London Indian Film Festival that is running from July 18th to the 24th. Today we thought we would give you the full list of films and events that will be featured at the Beyond Bollywood film festival!
Films
B.A. Pass | Dir. Ajay Bahl | Hindi, Punjabi, with English subtitles
The Graduate meets film noir in this sizzling tale of seduction and betrayal where a young man is seduced by a gorgeous cougar who leaves him entranced, that is until she farms him out to entertain her lady friends with dangerous consequences. The film’s steamy trailer drew millions of hits on YouTube and the eroticism of the film has drawn the ire of India’s moral police.
Bombay Talkies | Dirs. Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Bannerjee, Anurag Kashyap | Hindi, Marathi with English subtitles | Closing Film.
Mumbai’s spectacular homage to 100 years of...
Films
B.A. Pass | Dir. Ajay Bahl | Hindi, Punjabi, with English subtitles
The Graduate meets film noir in this sizzling tale of seduction and betrayal where a young man is seduced by a gorgeous cougar who leaves him entranced, that is until she farms him out to entertain her lady friends with dangerous consequences. The film’s steamy trailer drew millions of hits on YouTube and the eroticism of the film has drawn the ire of India’s moral police.
Bombay Talkies | Dirs. Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Bannerjee, Anurag Kashyap | Hindi, Marathi with English subtitles | Closing Film.
Mumbai’s spectacular homage to 100 years of...
- 6/28/2013
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
New Delhi, May 9: A total of 13 short films, based on of litterateur, composer and artist Rabindranath Tagore's poems, were released here Thursday to commemorate his 152nd birth anniversary.
The film series have been directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta in collaboration with the National Film Development Corporation. These films have been produced with the financial support of Ministry of Culture.
The films were released by Union Minister of Culture, Chandresh Kumari Katoch.
With a running time of around 30 minutes, the short films are based on Tagore's poems like, "Bansi" (The Flute), "Krishnakali" (The Dark Maiden),.
The film series have been directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta in collaboration with the National Film Development Corporation. These films have been produced with the financial support of Ministry of Culture.
The films were released by Union Minister of Culture, Chandresh Kumari Katoch.
With a running time of around 30 minutes, the short films are based on Tagore's poems like, "Bansi" (The Flute), "Krishnakali" (The Dark Maiden),.
- 5/9/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Sharmila Tagore has been honoured with a Doctorate of Arts from Edinburgh Napier University, UK for her contributions towards Indian cinema. The 67 year old veteran actress has the distinction of being a household name both in Hindi and Bengali cinema, a rare achievement which not many have managed to secure. Ms Tagore was awarded with her doctorate on 25 October 2012 in the presence of around 1000 students during the university’s autumn graduation ceremonies. She expressed her gratitude to the university for being presented with this prestigious award in a public statement. “It is indeed a privilege to be conferred an Honorary Degree by Edinburgh Napier University. It recognizes the significant influence of Indian Cinema on the global cultural arena and the small role that I have played in its history. As we celebrate a hundred years of Indian Cinema, this is both a happy and humbling moment.”
Edinburgh Napier University has...
Edinburgh Napier University has...
- 10/29/2012
- by Bodrul Chaudhury
- Bollyspice
Sharmila Tagore and Pranab Mukherjee were India's honorary guests at a cultural summit in Dhaka on May 6 to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. Sharmila has returned deeply impressed by the interest in the work of Tagore in Dhaka. Though she feels there was ample curiosity and interest generated in India for the great event, Sharmila was more impressed by the deep reverence that the Bangladeshis showed for Gurudev. "To them in Bangladesh, Tagore is as vital as he is to us in India. But here we tend to make cultural events a celebrity gallery. I was most impressed by their enthusiasm. The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina was at the event. And though there were many dignitaries at the event, Rabindranath Tagore remained the centre of attention at the event." This was Sharmila's second visit to Dhaka. She will return to the city soon when...
- 5/12/2012
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
May 2, 2012 marks the 91st birthday of film maestro Satyajit Ray. Regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema, Ray's life was captured on lens by ace photographer Nemai Ghosh. At an exhibition, "Satyajit Ray: From Script to Screen" in Kolkata two years ago at Rabindranath Tagore Centre (Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Kolkata) some of those iconic images were in display for Ray aficionados. The black and white gems explores the world of the master...
- 5/2/2012
- GlamSham
A potent mix of sleek production, inspiration from literary works, sex and high quality music are behind a resurgent commercial Bengali cinema, which is again giving tough competition to Bollywood films in West Bengal..Bengali cinema has been going through an excellent phase for the last two-three years. But there is no place for complacency and we need to build up and improve on it,. filmmaker Sandip Ray told Ians.His latest film .Royal Bengal Rahasya., based on the detective series Feluda created by his father Satyajit Ray, has been a blockbuster hit.The year 2008-09 was the year of renaissance of the Bengali film industry as the new genre of talented directors with their fresh ideas and challenging attitudes changed the tide of the industry.Movies like .Antaheen., .Kalbela., .Autograph., .Aparajita Tumi., .Abohoman., .Moner Manush., .Arekti Premer Golpo., .Chalo Lets Go., and .Mahanagar@Kolkata. created a rage among the urban audience,...
- 2/19/2012
- Filmicafe
The Indian film industry is probably the most prolific in the entire world. According to the latest count in 2010, India ranks the first in production of movies followed by Hollywood and China. But of the huge pantheon of regional and national Indian stars present in Indian cinema, Satyajit Ray is an icon who cannot be forgotten. His unique perspective on Indian life and his impact on Bengali, as well as, Indian cinema cannot be forgotten.
Satyajit Ray was born 2 May 1921 to Sukumar Ray and Suprabhar Roy. His entire family was steeped in literature, socialism and music. This love for journalism, art and cinema was transferred quickly to the young mind of the growing boy. His father passed away when he was three but his mother always insisted on a world-class education for the boy and he was quickly enrolled in the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, that was set up...
Satyajit Ray was born 2 May 1921 to Sukumar Ray and Suprabhar Roy. His entire family was steeped in literature, socialism and music. This love for journalism, art and cinema was transferred quickly to the young mind of the growing boy. His father passed away when he was three but his mother always insisted on a world-class education for the boy and he was quickly enrolled in the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, that was set up...
- 2/6/2012
- by BollySpice Editors
- Bollyspice
James Leahy writes: Ronald Bergan's insightful obituary of my friend Tareque Masud (17 August) describes the great financial risk taken by Tareque and Catherine, his wife and producer, when they invested their own resources in the production of The Clay Bird. Only by working outside the institutional norms of Bangladeshi feature film finance and production was it possible for Tareque to realise his vision.
His use of direct sound (or "live sound", as he called it) was more or less without precedent in subcontinental feature film-making. Consequently, the only appropriate sound equipment available when shooting The Clay Bird was what he and Catherine purchased for the production themselves. Obviously, this was an extra demand on their limited finances. However, the result was an evocative soundtrack that made an important contibution to the immediacy and impact of both the dramatic and musical sequences.
Tareque's next feature, Homeland, shown in 2006 as part of...
His use of direct sound (or "live sound", as he called it) was more or less without precedent in subcontinental feature film-making. Consequently, the only appropriate sound equipment available when shooting The Clay Bird was what he and Catherine purchased for the production themselves. Obviously, this was an extra demand on their limited finances. However, the result was an evocative soundtrack that made an important contibution to the immediacy and impact of both the dramatic and musical sequences.
Tareque's next feature, Homeland, shown in 2006 as part of...
- 8/28/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Long Shadows: The Late Work of Satyajit Ray opens this evening and runs through April 26 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center: "Of special interest is Home and the World [1984; image above], his final, wonderful adaptation of a work by his mentor, Rabindranath Tagore (whose 150th anniversary we celebrate this year), as well as his final, luminous work, The Stranger, an extraordinary summing up of so much of Ray's worldview graced with a sensational lead performance by Utpal Dutt." Plus, "we asked some friends of the Film Society: what film would you recommend seeing, and why?" Meantime, Paul Brunick posts a roundup on Distant Thunder (1973) at Alt Screen. Update, 4/20: Salman Rushdie for the Fslc on The Golden Fortress (1974): "The film is a true delight and the moment when the Golden Fortress is discovered — when it is revealed not to be a child's fantasy but a real place, shimmering on...
- 4/20/2011
- MUBI
New York - April 1, 2011] The Film Society of Lincoln Center will celebrate India's greatest filmmaker and one of cinema's greatest auteurs, Satyajit Ray, with Long Shadows: The Late Work of Satyajit Ray unspooling at the Walter Reade Theater in New York City from April 19 through April 26. The promised (and much-requested) follow-up to the 2009 Satyajit Ray tribute, Long Shadows includes all the films made by Ray in the autumnal years of his career.
Already an acknowledged giant of world cinema, Ray in these later works reveals a more meditative side: his brilliant powers of observation lead him to pare down his style, allowing his characters and the world to reveal themselves to us. Of special interest is The Home and the World, his final, wonderful adaptation of a work by his mentor, Rabindranath Tagore (whose 150th anniversary we celebrate this year), as well as his final, luminous work, The Stranger, an...
Already an acknowledged giant of world cinema, Ray in these later works reveals a more meditative side: his brilliant powers of observation lead him to pare down his style, allowing his characters and the world to reveal themselves to us. Of special interest is The Home and the World, his final, wonderful adaptation of a work by his mentor, Rabindranath Tagore (whose 150th anniversary we celebrate this year), as well as his final, luminous work, The Stranger, an...
- 4/2/2011
- Bollyspice
The Film Society of Lincoln Centre will celebrate India's greatest filmmaker and one of cinema's greatest auteurs Satyajit Ray with 'Long Shadows: The Late Work of Satyajit Ray.' Unspooling at the Walter Reade Theatre here from April 19 through April 26, the promised follow-up to the 2009 Satyajit Ray tribute, Long Shadows includes all the films made by Ray in the autumnal years of his career. Already an acknowledged giant of world cinema, Ray in these later works reveals a more meditative side: his brilliant powers of observation lead him to pare down his style, allowing his characters and the world to reveal themselves. Of special interest is 'The Home and the World', his final, wonderful adaptation of a work by his mentor, Rabindranath Tagore, as well as his final, luminous work, 'The Stranger', an extraordinary summing up of so much of Ray's worldview graced with a sensational lead performance by Utpal Dutt.
- 4/1/2011
- Filmicafe
After playing a 13-year-old energetic kid in Balki's Paa, Amitabh Bachchan is reportedly set to step into the shoes of Rabindranath Tagore, India's first Nobel laureate. The movie talks about the life of Tagore after he won the Nobel Prize. It also touches upon his life at Shantiniketan. The movie will be directed by Ujjvwal Chatterji of Escape From Taliban fame. To be produced by Kirshnedu Sen, the movie's script, dialogues and lyrics would be penned by Javed Akhtar. The movie will reportedly also talk about the famous students of Shantiniketan like Indira Gandhi and Satyajit Ray. We wonder if ...
- 5/27/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
A biopic on the life of India's first Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore is being developed and none other than Amitabh Bachchan has been approached to play the role of Tagore. The movie has been titled The Sound of Silence. This is not the first time that a film has been made on the life of the late poet. The late Satyajit Ray had made a documentary on Tagore earlier. However, according to information available with Businessofcinema.com, the film that is being developed now, is based on the life of Tagore after he won the Nobel Prize and it deals with his life at ...
- 5/24/2010
- BusinessofCinema
National Award winning Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is keen to wield the megaphone and follow in the footsteps of legends like Guru Dutt to make movies that have .intelligence and mass appeal...Direction is my next career choice. I would make movies of Guru Dutt, Asit Sen and Mani Ratnam style which would have intelligence and yet mass appeal. I would make movies for the mass not for myself,. Prosenjit told Ians on phone from Kolkata.The 47-year-old, known for his performances in Rituparno Ghosh.s .Chokher Bali. and .Dosar., cut his teeth in 1968 as a child artist with director Jagannath Chatterjee.s .Chhotto Jignasha., in which his father Biswajeet played the lead.Later in 1983, he returned as a full-fledged actor with .Duti Pata. and has remained on top of the Bengali film industry ever since.The actor describes his journey as challenging..Every moment of my journey since I started has been very challenging.
- 10/18/2009
- Filmicafe
Nahin bhai! Priyadarshan isn’t Bengali nor does he have any roots in the Bong land. It’s just that he gets along famously with Bong beauty Rituparna Sengupta (the lead of his forthcoming Bam Bam Bhole).
And it’s not just work or even films that they discuss. Priyan is quite taken in by Bengali art and literature; and being from West Bengal, Rituparna used to avidly discuss Bengali literature and films with Priyan while shooting the film.
And one of the hot topics with them was Satyajit Ray’s films and Rabindranath Tagore’s novels, both being Priyan’s favourites..
And it’s not just work or even films that they discuss. Priyan is quite taken in by Bengali art and literature; and being from West Bengal, Rituparna used to avidly discuss Bengali literature and films with Priyan while shooting the film.
And one of the hot topics with them was Satyajit Ray’s films and Rabindranath Tagore’s novels, both being Priyan’s favourites..
- 7/21/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Now before you get confuse lets tell you Priyadarshan isn’t Bengali nor does he have any roots in the Bong land. It’s just that he gets along famously with Bong beauty Rituparna Sengupta who will be seen in lead role of his forthcoming Bam Bam Bhole.
Apparently this actor and director pair enjoyed working together. Acoording to a unit apart from work duo used to discuss their favorite films on the sets of Bam Bam Bhole. Priyan is quite impressed by Bengali art and literature and being from West Bengal, Rituparna used to avidly discuss Bengali literature and films with Priyan while shooting the film.
Interestingly one of the hot topics with them was Satyajit Ray’s films and Rabindranath Tagore’s novels,.
Apparently this actor and director pair enjoyed working together. Acoording to a unit apart from work duo used to discuss their favorite films on the sets of Bam Bam Bhole. Priyan is quite impressed by Bengali art and literature and being from West Bengal, Rituparna used to avidly discuss Bengali literature and films with Priyan while shooting the film.
Interestingly one of the hot topics with them was Satyajit Ray’s films and Rabindranath Tagore’s novels,.
- 2/3/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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