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In Reply to: Re: "Pather Panchali" posted by PCL on December 5, 2004 at 10:01:40:

The other two are worth seeing. If I remember corectly the woman in the third film has a remarkable beauty.
I'm in the middle of watching "Pather Panchali" now. I had been recalling it from memory. I'm about half-way through.
I have just a sense of groundwork only so far.
I'm a grown man but I'm pretty much tearful now through the whole movie. That is how the film has grown on me. It has become this emotional masterpiece, like no oeht I have expereienced. Perhaps the most "feeling" film ever made. It just does not let up.
The characters are setting themselves up. Slight imperfections or tendencies in their characters. The boom is about to drop.

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Re: "Pather Panchali" - PCL 10:50:12 12/05/04 (2)
Interesting you should use the term 'feeling'. I've found ( in my admittedly limited experience) that films from the subcontinent share this characteristic. Be careful that Ray is not a gateway drug that'll have you freebasing Bollywood films next!;-) ( apologies to any sensibilities ruffled by seeing 'Satyajit Ray' and 'Bollywood' in the same sentence)
PCL
- How deep can it go? - njjohn 12:46:41 12/05/04 (1)
  Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen a film like that.
  Have to take the lesson with me. Have to know the true priorities.
  It's rough.
  When a film really tries to point out life. Too powerful. Really of priceless value.
  I've seen some good Hollywood films in the past few years, but nothing that even remotely goes this deep.
  I don't think Ray goes in the next two films anywhere to this level, but I have to check them out again. I think he does have some other brilliances. I remember seeing some othe remarkable stuff.
  The only other film that I've seen that might go in this particular direction of deepness and insight is "Ugetsu", a Japanese film.
  I'm not sure but I remember something about it. It is suppose to be a film about "misguided ambition and forbidden passion". I got a copy of it so I'm going to check it out soon.
  - Re: How deep can it go? - PCL 13:11:32 12/05/04 (0)
    I presume you're referring to Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari? Incredible film! The published screenplay edited by Keiko McDonald is a very nice read, and is a great one-volume book on the film.
    Quite different approach though, don't you think? Mizoguchi uses war and ghosts, where Ray bog standard life.Great fun reading your (re)discovery of PP! I don't recall that the following films necessarily suffer in comparison to PP though, but it's been a few years for me as well.

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