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Another ruby from Indian master Satjavit Ray, "The Music Room." This is a must for

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An aristocratic lord living alone in his decaying ancestral mansion spends what little remains of his formerly vast fortune upon lavish music extravaganzas to which he invites all of his friends.
Meanwhile, into his community has come an upstart, a parvenu financier and businessman who has amassed a fortune--- and seeks to upstage him.
There has never been a film director superior to Ray, and it is impossible to imagine one. This is one of his greatest films, brilliantly and sadly showing the ending of a long period of Indian history--- not unlike that which also would occur in its grand colonizer, England, when the mercantile class ascended to dominance.
What is the power of art, what is its meaning, the limits of its power?
As the aged music lover pursues his passion, we are left to ponder.

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