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4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

Aparajito = The unvanquished

Call Number

  • 4K BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

In Bengali, with English subtitles.

Performers

Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Smaran Ghosal, Pinaki Sengupta.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2024]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (110 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A breathtaking milestone that brought India into the golden age of international art-house film, Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy follows one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal who matures into an adolescent urban student and, finally, a sensitive man of the world. Ray's delicate masterworks--Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)--based on two books by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee, were shot over the course of five years, and each stands on its own as a tender, visually radiant journey. These films--which have risen from the ashes in meticulously reconstructed restorations, after the original negatives were burned in a fire--are among the most achingly beautiful, richly humane movies ever made.

Satyajit Ray had not planned to make a sequel to Pather Panchali, but after the film's international success, he decided to continue Apu's narrative. Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Varanasi (then known as Benares). As Apu progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother. This tenderly expressive, often heart-wrenching film, which won three top prizes at the Venice Film Festival, including the Golden Lion, not only extends but also spiritually deepens the tale of Apu.

Notes

This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

Based on the novels Pather Panchali and Aparajito by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Issued as part of the box set The Apu trilogy by the Criterion Collection.

Special features: 4K digital restoration, undertaken in collaboration with the Academy Film Archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and L'lmmagine Ritrovat, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; one 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features ; The small details, a new interview with film writer Ujjal Chakraborty ; audio recording from 1958 of a conversation between director Satyajit Ray and film historian Gideon Bachmann ; Making "The Apu Trilogy": Satyajit Ray's epic debut, a new video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson ; The creative person: "Satyajit Ray," a 1967 half-hour documentary by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta.

Contents

  • [Disc one.] 4K Ultra HD version
  • [Disc two.] Blu-ray version.

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