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In Reply to: Re: "Pather Panchali" posted by njjohn on December 5, 2004 at 10:30:15:
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)
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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.
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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