"I can never forget the excitement in my mind after seeing
"Pather Panchali,"" noted Akira Kurosawa. Satyajit Ray's three
films about the boyhood, adolescence and manhood of Apu, "Pather
Panchali "(1955), "Aparajito" (1956) and "The World of Apu" (1959)
- collectively known as "The Apu Trilogy" - are established
classics of world cinema. The Trilogy was the chief reason for
Satyajit Ray's receiving a Hollywood Oscar for lifetime achievement
in 1992, just before his death.
This book by Ray's biographer and world authority Andrew
Robinson is the first full study of the Trilogy. Robinson -- who
came to know the director well during the last decade of his career
-- covers the literary and cultural background to the films, their
production, their music composed by Ravi Shankar, their aesthetic
value, and their complex critical reception in the East and the
West, from 1955 up to the present day. Extensively and beautifully
illustrated and a pleasure to read, "The Apu Trilogy" will appeal
to anyone captivated by the unique world created by Satyajit
Ray.
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