#785: RAY, Satyajit: Apur Sansar (1959)
THE APU TRILOGY {Spine #782}
RAY, Satyajit (India)
Apur Sansar [1959]
Spine #785
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
By the time Apur Sansar was released, Satyajit Ray had directed not only the first two Apu films but also the masterpiece The Music Room, and was well on his way to becoming a legend. This extraordinary final chapter brings our protagonist's journey full circle. Apu is now in his early twenties, out of college, and hoping to live as a writer. Alongside his professional ambitions, the film charts his romantic awakening, which occurs as the result of a most unlikely turn of events, and his eventual, fraught fatherhood. Featuring soon to be Ray regulars Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in star-making performances, and demonstrating Ray's ever more impressive skills as a crafter of pure cinematic imagery, Apur Sansar is a moving conclusion to this monumental trilogy.
106 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in Bengali
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2015
Director/Writers
Based on the novel Aparajito by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee.
Satyajit Ray was 38 when he wrote and directed Apur Sansar.
The Film
Other Satyajit Ray films in the Collection:
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Forty-eight page booklet featuring Every Common Sight, an essay by Terrence Rafferty; Ray’s storyboards for Pather Panchali (1955) {Spine #783}; and Behind the Universal, an essay by Girish Shambu.
Commentary
None.
Interview program
With actors Chatterjee and Tagore.
The Apu Trilogy: A Closer Look
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Forty-eight page booklet featuring Every Common Sight, an essay by Terrence Rafferty; Ray’s storyboards for Pather Panchali (1955) {Spine #783}; and Behind the Universal, an essay by Girish Shambu.
Commentary
None.
Interview program
With actors Chatterjee and Tagore.
The Apu Trilogy: A Closer Look
A program featuring filmmaker, producer, and teacher Mamoun Hassan.
Footage
Of director Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992.
Programs
On the restoration of The Apu Trilogy by filmmaker ::kogonada.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Footage
Of director Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992.
Programs
On the restoration of The Apu Trilogy by filmmaker ::kogonada.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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