| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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color |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1102 |
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Criterion collection ; 1102.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1); mono. |
| Language |
Bengali dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Banerjee. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Subrata Mitra ; film editing, Dulal Dutta ; music, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. |
| Note |
Based on the story by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. |
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Full screen. |
| Summary |
Master filmmaker Satyajit Ray explores the conflict between fanaticism and free will in Devi (The Goddess), issuing a subversively modern challenge to religious orthodoxy and patriarchal power structures. In the waning days of mid-nineteenth-century India's feudal system, after his son leaves for Kolkata to complete his studies, a wealthy rural landowner is seized by the notion that his beloved daughter-in-law (a hauntingly sad-eyed Sharmila Tagore) is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali a delusion that proves devastating to the young woman and those around her. The opulently stylized compositions and the chiaroscuro lighting by cinematographer Subrata Mitra heighten the entrancing expressionistic intensity of this domestic tragedy, making for an experience that is both sublime and shattering. |
| Note |
Special features: New program featuring interviews with Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee recorded in 2013; new video essay by Meheli Sen; essay by Devika Girish. |
| Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
| Subject |
Upper class families -- India -- Drama.
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Women -- India -- Drama.
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Women in Hinduism -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- India -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Upper class families.
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Women.
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Women in Hinduism.
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India.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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Romance films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Motion pictures, Indic.
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Foreign language films -- Bengali.
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Motion pictures, Bengali.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Motion pictures.
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Historical films.
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Romance fiction.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work) Mukhopādhyāẏa, Prabhātakumāra, 1873-1932.
Devi.
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Tagore, Sharmila, actor.
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Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935-2020, actor.
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Biswas, Sachindranath, 1900-1962, actor.
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Bannerjee, Karuna, actor.
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Khan, Ali Akbar, 1922-2009, composer (expression)
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Satyajit Ray Productions, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Note |
English title: Goddess |
| ISBN |
9781681438894 |
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1681438895 |
| Standard No. |
715515265614 |
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00715515265614 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
CC3307DVD The Criterion Collection |
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CC3307D The Criterion Collection |
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