UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15690136
Format:
1 BD (119 Min. + Bonus) : s/w
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Monaural
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1 Beih. (32 S.)
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1.33:1 Aspect Ratio
Edition:
Special ed.
ISBN:
9781604657623
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection : [BD] 669
Content:
Satyajit Ray's exquisite story of a woman's artistic and romantic yearning takes place in late nineteenth-century, pre-independence India, in the gracious home of a liberal-minded, workaholic newspaper editor and his lonely wife, Charulata (Madhabi Mukherjee). When her husband's poet cousin (Soumitra Chatterjee) comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both creatively inspired and dangerously drawn to him. Based on a novella by the great Rabindranath Tagore, Charulata is a work of subtle textures, a delicate tale of a marriage in jeopardy and a woman taking the first steps toward establishing her own voice. (Criterion)
Content:
Extras: Interviews with the Actors - in this new program, actors Madhabi Mukherjee (Charulata) and Soumitra Chatterjee (Amal) recall their contribution to Charulata and discuss the shooting process. The two actors also discuss Satyajit Ray's directing style and the manner in which he communicated with the cast during and after the shooting of the film. The interviews were conducted exclusively for Criterion in Calcutta in 2013. In Bengali, with optional English subtitles. (17 min, 1080p). Adapting Tagore - in this new video program, Indian film scholar Moinak Biswas and Bengali cultural historian Supriya Chaudhuri discuss director Satyajit Ray's adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore novella The Broken Nest, as well well as the Bengali director's legacy. The program was produced exclusively for Criterion in 2013. In English and Bengali, with optional English subtitles where necessary. (24 min, 1080p). Satyajit Ray on Progress - in this archival audio interview, director Satyajit Ray and film journalist Gideon Bachmann discuss the central themes in the Bengali director's body of work. The interview was conducted and recorded in Berlin on July 2, 1966. In English, not subtitled. (13 min, 1080p). Booklet - a 32-page illustrated booklet featuring film historian Phillip Kemp's essay "Calm Without, Fire Within" and "Ray on Charulata", an interview conducted by Andrew Robinson in Satyajit Ray's home in Calcutta in the mid-'80s, which was translated by the author for this release. (Blu-ray.com)
Note:
Ländercode: A
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Orig.: Indien, 1964
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New, restored 2K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
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The booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp and a 1980s interview with Ray by his biographer Andrew Robinson
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Engl. Untertitel
Language:
Bengali
Author information:
Tagore, Rabindranath
Author information:
Ray, Satyajit
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