With 26 films to his credit and numerous international prizes, Satyajit Ray is India's most recognized filmmaker--yet, no extended study of his films has previouly been published in English in the West. Ben Nyce examines each of Ray's films in close detail and provides a cinematic examination of his unique style. Nyce explores Ray's career chronologically to best chart his stylistic development as a filmaker. Each chapter considers one film and how it expressed the particular quality of rhythm and mood which characterizes his work. Narrative synopses are first presented, and the opinions of his critics are continually noted and discussed. Included are studies of the following well known films: Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sanar (The Apu Trilogy), Jalsaghar (The Music Room), Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World).
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“. . . Nyce's understanding of filmmaking is crucial in providing insightful interpretations of Ray's methods and skills. . . . In addition, a complete filmography and a bibliography that includes books, aritlces, films and general studies on Ray and his work are useful for exploring the subject further. Of all the works on Ray, this is the only one to focus systematically on the films, essentially in chronological order of production. . . .”–The Journal of Asian Studies
“The primary value of the book for film studies rests especially on some of these passages of close analysis, earning it a place beside the books of Henri Micciolo (in French) and Chidanandan Das Gupta on the director's work and Robin Wood's monograph on the Apu Trilogy.”–Chicago South Asia Newsletter
“The primary value of the book for film studies rests especially on some of these passages of close analysis, earning it a place beside the books of Henri Micciolo (in French) and Chidanandan Das Gupta on the director's work and Robin Wood's monograph on the Apu Trilogy.”–
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BEN NYCE is Professor of Literature and Film at the University of San Diego.
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Satyajit Ray is one of the best examples in world cinema of the complete director. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golden fortress, grieving face, film examines, detective films Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray, Satvajit Ray, The Adversary, Birinchi Baba, Company Limited, The World of Apu, Soumitra Chatterjee, Baba Felunath, Distant Thunder, New Delhi, Sonar Kella, Marie Seton, King Wajid, Tana Aranya, Apur Sansar, Father Panchali, Indiana University Press, North American, Bansi Chandragupta, Binod Behari, Chidananda Das Gupta, David Kopf, Hirok Rajar Deshe, Jana Aranya New!
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Satyajit Ray is one of the best examples in world cinema of the complete director. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golden fortress, grieving face, film examines, detective films Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray, Satvajit Ray, The Adversary, Birinchi Baba, Company Limited, The World of Apu, Soumitra Chatterjee, Baba Felunath, Distant Thunder, New Delhi, Sonar Kella, Marie Seton, King Wajid, Tana Aranya, Apur Sansar, Father Panchali, Indiana University Press, North American, Bansi Chandragupta, Binod Behari, Chidananda Das Gupta, David Kopf, Hirok Rajar Deshe, Jana Aranya New!
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- The Golden Fortress: The Adventures of Feluda by Satyajit Ray on 4 pages
- Portrait of a Director: Satyajit Ray by Marie Seton on 4 pages
- The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore on page 6, and page 187
- The Cinema of Satyajit Ray by Chidananda D. Gupta on page 37, and page 63
- Rabindranath Tagore (Builders of Indian Philosophy Series) by Pabitrakumar Roy on page 61, and Back Matter
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- The Cinema of Satyajit Ray: Between Tradition and Modernity (Cambridge Studies in Film) by Darius Cooper in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Contested Masculinities: Crises in Colonial Male Identity from Joseph Conrad to Satyajit Ray (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory) by Nalin Jayasena in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Comparative Planning Cultures by Bishwapriya Sanyal in Back Matter
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