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The Apu Trilogy: Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic
Andrew Robinson
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Description for The Apu Trilogy: Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic
Paperback. Covers the literary and cultural background to the films, their production, their music composed by Ravi Shankar, their aesthetic value, and their complex critical reception in the East and the West, from 1955 up to the present day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 line, 45 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
"I can never forget the excitement in my mind after seeing 'Pather Panchali'", noted Akira Kurosawa. Satyajit Ray's three films about the boyhood, adolescence and manhood of Apu, 'Pather Panchali' (1955), 'Aparajito' (1956) and 'The World of Apu' (1959) - collectively known as The Apu Trilogy - are established classics of world cinema. The Trilogy was the chief reason for Satyajit Ray's receiving a Hollywood Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1992, just before his death. This book by Ray's biographer and world authority Andrew Robinson is the first full study of the Trilogy. Robinson - who came to know the ... Read more
"I can never forget the excitement in my mind after seeing 'Pather Panchali'", noted Akira Kurosawa. Satyajit Ray's three films about the boyhood, adolescence and manhood of Apu, 'Pather Panchali' (1955), 'Aparajito' (1956) and 'The World of Apu' (1959) - collectively known as The Apu Trilogy - are established classics of world cinema. The Trilogy was the chief reason for Satyajit Ray's receiving a Hollywood Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1992, just before his death. This book by Ray's biographer and world authority Andrew Robinson is the first full study of the Trilogy. Robinson - who came to know the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848855168
SKU
V9781848855168
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About Andrew Robinson
Andrew Robinson is the author of some twenty books, including 'Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye' and 'Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema' (both I.B.Tauris) and is the editor of three screenplays by Ray.
Reviews for The Apu Trilogy: Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic
'Satyajit Ray has worked with humility and complete dedication; he has gone down on his knees in the dust. And his picture has the quality of intimate, unforgettable experience.' - Lindsay Anderson on 'Pather Panchali', 1956; 'Though he's very young still, he's the Father of Indian Cinema.' - Jean Renoir on Ray, 1967; 'Not ... Read more