Sat August 23, 2014
Deliverance (Satyajit Ray; India, 1988)
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A village landowner exploits a member of the “untouchable” Dukhi caste in Ray’s steely interrogation of the Indian class system, “told with stark visuals and the power of a parable” (Film Society of Lincoln Center). The great actor Om Puri stars as the exploited laborer, whose work, and eventual fate, is treated with disdain by his landed employer. “Ray’s anger is never apparent—a Marxist like Mrinal Sen would certainly have made the film very differently,” noted Derek Malcom in The Guardian. “Yet his icily clear view of what the story is about is everywhere apparent.”
• Written by Ray, from a story by Munshi Premchand. Photographed by Soumendu Roy. With Om Puri, Smita Patil, Mohan Agashe, Gita Siddarth. (52 mins, In Hindi with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, courtesy Academy Film Archive)
Preceded by PIKOO (1981). Ray’s short film follows one fateful day in the life of Pikoo, an artistically inclined six-year-old in a wealthy Calcutta neighborhood. Aparna Sen stars. (26 mins, In Bengali with English subtitles, Color, From Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, courtesy Academy Film Archive)
Total running time: 78 mins
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• Written by Ray, from a story by Munshi Premchand. Photographed by Soumendu Roy. With Om Puri, Smita Patil, Mohan Agashe, Gita Siddarth. (52 mins, In Hindi with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, courtesy Academy Film Archive)
Preceded by PIKOO (1981). Ray’s short film follows one fateful day in the life of Pikoo, an artistically inclined six-year-old in a wealthy Calcutta neighborhood. Aparna Sen stars. (26 mins, In Bengali with English subtitles, Color, From Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, courtesy Academy Film Archive)
Total running time: 78 mins
A village landowner exploits a member of the “untouchable” Dukhi caste in Ray’s steely interrogation of the Indian class system, “told with stark visuals and the power of a parable” (Film Society of Lincoln Center). The great actor Om Puri stars as the exploited laborer, whose work, and eventual fate, is treated with disdain by his landed employer. “Ray’s anger is never apparent—a Marxist like Mrinal Sen would certainly have made the film very differently,” noted Derek Malcom in The Guardian. “Yet his icily clear view of what the story is about is everywhere apparent.”
• Written by Ray, from a story by Munshi Premchand. Photographed by Soumendu Roy. With Om Puri, Smita Patil, Mohan Agashe, Gita Siddarth. (52 mins, In Hindi with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, courtesy Academy Film Archive)
Preceded by PIKOO (1981). Ray’s short film follows one fateful day in the life of Pikoo, an artistically inclined six-year-old in a wealthy Calcutta neighborhood. Aparna Sen stars. (26 mins, In Bengali with English subtitles, Color, From Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, courtesy Academy Film Archive)
Total running time: 78 mins
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• Written by Ray, from a story by Munshi Premchand. Photographed by Soumendu Roy. With Om Puri, Smita Patil, Mohan Agashe, Gita Siddarth. (52 mins, In Hindi with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, courtesy Academy Film Archive)
Preceded by PIKOO (1981). Ray’s short film follows one fateful day in the life of Pikoo, an artistically inclined six-year-old in a wealthy Calcutta neighborhood. Aparna Sen stars. (26 mins, In Bengali with English subtitles, Color, From Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center, courtesy Academy Film Archive)
Total running time: 78 mins
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