Word: apu
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MUSIC ROOM. India's Satyajit Ray (the Apu trilogy) examines the affectingly human decline and fall of a proud, fat, foolish old Bengali aristocrat...
...MUSIC ROOM. A proud old aristocrat loses family and fortune trying to save face, and the resulting film underscores anew the genius of India's Satyajit Ray, creator of the Apu trilogy...
Prem gradually comes to realize that all he really wants is his wife. Little else happens, or needs to. The film is overlong, and though clearly inspired by the work of India's cinematic wizard Satyajit Ray (the Apu trilogy), it is far less ambitious artistically. Produced in both Hindi and English versions, The Householder aims for popular success and scores a soft-as-silk...
...MUSIC ROOM. Another fine film from India's Satyajit Ray (the Apu trilogy): the tragedy of a snob who dissipates a fortune to impress a man he despises...
...clearly not for everybody, especially if the old man speaks Bengali and the English subtitles twitch. Besides, the film is about 20 minutes too long. But people with a tolerance for the bizarre will greet this work by India's Satyajit Ray (who made the magnificent Apu trilogy) as a subtle and poignant tragedy of pride, the story of a man who cut his own throat to remind the world that his blood was blue...