UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15690129
Format:
1 BD (135 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:
9781604657647
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection : [BD] 668
Content:
The Big City, the great Satyajit Ray's first portrayal of contemporary life in his native Kolkata, follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the modern Indian woman. (Criterion)
Content:
Extras: Madhabi Mukerjee - in this new video interview, Madhabi Mukerjee, who plays Arati, recalls her work with Satyajit Ray on The Big City and discusses the legendary Bengali filmmaker's directing style. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in Calcutta in 2013. In Bengali, with optional English subtitles. (17 min, 1080p). Satyajit Ray and the Modern Woman - in this new video interview Satyajit Ray scholar and author Suranjan Ganguly addresses the social overtones and the roles and identities women have in Charulata (The Lonely Wife), Mahanagar (The Big City), and Kapurush (The Coward). The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in 2013. In English, with optional English subtitles for the clips used in the interview. (23 min, 1080p). B.D. Garga's Satyajit Ray - this short film produced by B.D. Garga in 1974, director Satyajit Ray discusses his directing strategies. The short film contains on-set footage from the making of The Big City. In English, with optional English subtitles for the film footage. (14 min, 1080p). The Coward - Satyajit Ray's film Kapurush (The Coward) is presented here in Bengali (Dolby Digital 1.0) with optional English subtitles. (69 min, 1080p). Booklet - 32-page illustrated booklet featuring: Chandak Sengoopta's "A Woman's Place" (Mr. Sengoopta is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London); and "Ray on The Big City and The Coward: An Interview by Andrew Robinson" (this interview was conducted in Satyajit Ray's home in Calcutta in the mid-1980s and was translated by the author for this release). (Blu-ray.com)
Note:
Ländercode: A
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Orig.: Indien, 1963
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New, restored 2K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
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The booklet featuring an essay by scholar Chandak Sengoopta and a 1980s interview with Ray by his biographer Andrew Robinson
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Satyajit Ray (1974), a documentary short by B. D. Garga
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Engl. Untertitel
Language:
Bengali
Author information:
Ray, Satyajit
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