Description |
2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.) |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 668 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 668.
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System Details |
DVD ; NTSC ; region 1 ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. |
Cast |
Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Haren Chatterjee, Vicky Redwood, Jaya Bhuduri, Sefalika Devi, Prasenjit Sarkar. |
Credits |
Cinematography, Subrata Mitra ; production design by Bansi Chandragupta ; edited by Dulal Dutta. |
Note |
DVD release of the 1963 motion picture. |
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From a story by Narendranath Mitra. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Set in mid-1950s Calcutta and directed by Satyajit Ray, this story follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati, who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray gradually builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the contemporary Indian woman. |
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The Coward: An aspiring screenwriter encounters a former lover when his car breaks down near her home. |
Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Madhabi Mukherjee (new interview with the actor); Satyajit Ray and the modern woman (interview with Satyajit Ray scholar and author Suranjan Ganguly); B.D. Garga's Satyajit Ray (1974 documentary featuring narration by Satyajit Ray and on-set footage from the making of The big city). Disc 2: The coward (1965) (a feature film by Ray; starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Haradhan Bannerjee; based on a story by Premendra Mitra); About The coward. Booklet features an essay by scholar Chandak Sengoopta and an interview with Ray by his biographer Andrew Robinson. |
Contents |
Disc 1. The big city -- Disc 2. The coward / Janus Films ; The RDB Organization ; R.D. Bansal presents ; screenplay, music, and direction by Satyajit Ray. |
Language |
In Bengali, with optional subtitles in English. |
Subject |
Women -- India -- Drama.
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Women employees -- India -- Drama.
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Married women -- Employment -- India -- Drama.
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Foreign films -- India.
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Kolkata (India) -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Motion pictures.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Added Author |
Bansal, R. D., film producer.
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Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, screenwriter, composer (expression), film director.
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Chatterjee, Anil, 1929-1996 actor.
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Mukhopādhyāẏa, Mādhabī, 1943- actor.
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Banerjee, Haradhan, actor.
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Chatterjee, Haren, actor.
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Redwood, Vicky, actor.
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Bhaduri, Jaya, actor.
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Devi, Sefalika, actor.
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Sarkar, Prasenjit, actor.
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Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001, director of photography.
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Chandragupta, Bansi, production designer.
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Dutta, Dulal, editor of moving image work.
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Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935-2020 actor.
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Ganguly, Suranjan, 1958- interviewee (expression)
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Garga, B. D. (Bhagwan Das), 1924-2011 filmmaker.
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Mitra, Narendranātha, 1916-1975.
Mahanagar.
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Mitra, Premendra.
Tale of a coward.
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Sengoopta, Chandak, author of added text.
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Robinson, Andrew, 1957- interviewer (expression)
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Janus Films.
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RDB Organization (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Added Title |
Big city |
Note |
Container title: Satyajit Ray's The big city |
Added Title |
Coward.
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ISBN |
9781604657654 |
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1604657650 |
Standard No. |
715515109413 |
Music No. |
CC2302D The Criterion Collection |
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