Satyajit Ray films at PFA in May

ravi gadfly at exitleft.org
Fri Apr 19 06:33:11 PDT 2002


joanna bujes wrote:
> Attention Bay area posters/lurkers!!!
>
> They are showing some restored versions of Satyajit Ray's movies at the
> Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) in May.
>
> http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
>
> May 3: Company Limited, The Middleman
> May 4: The Expedition
> May 9: Pather Panchali
> May 10: The Music Room, Devi
> May 11: Aparajito, The World of Apu
> May 12: Charulata, The Big City
> May 16: Two Daughters; Monihara/Rabindranath Tagore
>
> I highly recommend The Middleman, Devi, the Apu trilogy (Pather
> Panchali, Aparajito, The World of Apu), and Two Daughters.
>
> I have never seen The Expedition, Company Limited, or
> Monihara/Rbindranath Tagore. However, I will say that I have never seen
> a mediocre black/white film by him. They're either good or stunning!
>
> I will fight duels over the fact that this is one of the greatest
> directors that ever lived/directed & I promise you will never forget
> these films.
>

ok, get your shields up then, for you have a fight on your hands, because you have recommended everything other than the best ray movie ever: charulatha!!!

--ravi (not a film expert really, just love "charulatha")



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