Thursday, April 23, 2009

Aparajito

Aparajito (1956) is the award-winning 2nd film in the Apu Trilogy and is directed by Satyajit Ray. The other films are linked from here.

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part 2:



The New York Times:
it is done with such rare feeling and skill at pictorial imagery, and with such sympathetic understanding of Indian character on the part of Mr. Ray, that it develops a sort of hypnotism for the serene and tolerant viewer who is willing to sit still for an hour and forty-eight minutes and let some stunning black-and-white pictures pass before his eyes.
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And Mr. Ray's remarkable camera catches beauty in so many things, from the softness of a mother's sad expression to the silhouette of a distant train, that innuendos take up the slack of drama. Hindu music and expressive natural sounds complete the stimulation of the senses in this strange, sad, evocative film.

MSN has some information. 1001 Flicks has a review.

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