Ugh.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/soumitra-chatterjee-dead/2020/11/22
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 November 2020 11:12 (three years ago) link
You just found out?
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 November 2020 12:40 (three years ago) link
An Enemy of the State, one of his last films, is a well-acted but plodding, literal adaptation of the Ibsen play.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
Guessing you got that off TCM the other night? They played about 10 hours worth of films Sunday night/Monday morning--same ones that Criterion is highlighting this month.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
ooh I didn't know. I watched it last night on Criterion (also hosting a dozen Ray flicks).
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
2021 is going to be the year that I finally watch some Ray.
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
PVR'd that (Enemy of the People) and The Stranger--it'll take me forever to catch up on the films I've been saving.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
Surprised to find Pather Panchali and Aparajito have both just turned up on prime uk, free streaming
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 25 June 2021 12:09 (two years ago) link
He is so good.
Anyone read his detective novels?
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 25 June 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
They are popular enough that you can find them in airports in India, or you could about five years ago? The volume of them is staggering – the two-volume edition of Feluda in English that Penguin put out is maybe 1500 pages. They're explicitly for children & very Sherlock Holmes-y but still still pleasant. What surprised me most about them is that there are almost no female characters in any of them? Maybe this was some sort of Bengali children's writing convention at the time?
Worth picking up if you can find a copy is this – not only was Ray doing his own graphic design and posters, he was also making his own typefaces, in Roman and Bengali.
― with hidden noise, Saturday, 26 June 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link
Criterion has The Coward, a brief (69 minutes!) examination of thwarted desire. Shot with compassion and precision; he has an instinct for knowing how long to hold moments.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 January 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
Apu Trilogy getting Criterioned
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1145-the-apu-trilogy
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 October 2023 17:45 (six months ago) link
Weird. They got the Criterion treatment a few years ago. Our library has the set.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 October 2023 18:43 (six months ago) link
This is a 4K upgrade.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 October 2023 19:32 (six months ago) link
Yeah, I just realized my mistake.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 October 2023 19:38 (six months ago) link