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Summary: Greatest Love Story on Film ?
Review: Let me break the suspense early .... this is just the most beautiful movie. It flows without a glitch and most of the time I forgot I was watching a movie. Before I saw "Apu's World" I had no expectations. Infact, I wasn't even a Satyajit Ray fan. Two minutes into the movie, I was already hooked on to it. By the end of the movie, I realized that it was the greatest love story that I've ever seen on film. There are scenes that I will savor forever. Apu's wife leaving a note in his cigarette box .... slapping his friend when he hears of his wife's death .... Oooofff! Just brilliant.
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Summary: A Lyrical ode to human helplessness
Review: Man seeks to live on his own, but his conditionings does not allow him to. Opu (Apurba) is only too happy to live with and within himself, but the basic human passion called hunger prompts him to search for a job. Amid his troubles, he meets childhood freind Pulu and the wheel of destiny is in full flow. Ray displays his artistic calibre in the mellowed and meticulous treatment he meted out to the theme, which can be argued to be rather cliched. Soumitro Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore display their potentials as well in many a scene. The Calcutta streets wherein Apu hopes from dungeons to dungeons, and those melodic backgrounders all give the viewer an hour or more in paradise.
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Summary: A true portrait of LIFE
Review: Satyajit Ray is just perfect in this 1959 classic and the last of Apu Trilogy. Leaving his disturbing past,Apu is now working in Calcutta.He is now alone in the world- no strings attached.He dreams to be a writer,he plays flute in his time off and he thinks he is different from any other young man-Apu lives in his dreams.He never ever wants to "settle down"-he hates that kind of a life.One day his friend Pulu comes in to his den and invited him to his sister's marriage.By some beautiful twist of fate,the groom turns out to be eccentric and Apu lands up marrying the bride(Aparna).They start a new life back in Calcutta. Ray paints the young and funful lovelife of Apu and Aparna with some eternally beautiful scenes.Camera tells more than spoken words in this part of the movie.Apu assures Aparna on the way back from a movie show that he would dedicate the book he is working upon to Apana. Now comes the inevitable-Aparna dies in her native place giving birth to their son Kajal.Apu couldnot believe this news--how could this happen to him again and again?He leaves Calcutta forgetting Kajal(to Apu,Kajal's existence would mean Aparna is nowhere now) although the manuscript was with him. Apu did not want to "settle down"--now his life has been unsettled by fate-the whole world is now meaningless to him.
Now,far away from Calcutta,he roams about here and there, aimlessly,searching for peace of mind.One day in a forest,he seems to have got some meaning of his life and throws all the pages of the manuscript on air that he was still carrying and decides to lead a different life by taking up a job in coal mine.Pulu enters here once again here and Apu has to swallow a lot about his lack of responsibility towards his son. On the other front,in Aparna's native place,the 6-year-old boy Kajal's world is strikingly different from any other boy's world of his age-while he believes his father is very strong ,very big and stays in Calcutta although he has never seen him-and he does not belive these guys who are telling that his father would never come back.But,one day his father really comes back--just to show up his "responsibilty" and not to take his son back as he's an alien to him. But,seeing Kajal's life has become a hell without a "father's presence" -Apu,perhaps for the first time in his life makes a conscious and mature decision of taking his son back with him. The ending scene of the movie is a celebration of life--as Apu is seen laughing again and Kajal,on top of his father's shoulder,too is laughing and Kajal's eyes show the lovely dreams which reminds us of child Apu himself.The life goes on instead of ups and downs.
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Summary: A Masterpiece of the Indian Cinema
Review: The Apu trilogy is compulsory viewing for whoever is seriously interested in foreign cinema. This is the touching story of Apu, an Indian boy, from small child to early adulthood. Every time I watch these movies I find myself glued to the screen. One of the most famous and respected Indian movie directors, Sayajit Ray succeeded to make of a simple story a lesson in life, wonderfully told through the movie medium. I recommend it highly. I gave it 4 stars only because they could have made a better job remastering the movies (video transfer and audio).
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Summary: Essential
Review: The DVD release contains no extra features; the print quality is good; the movie is remarkable. Too bad Criterion didn't get the Apu Trilogy, but it is essential for film collectors nonetheless.
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Summary: Essential
Review: The DVD release contains no extra features; the print quality is good; the movie is remarkable. Too bad Criterion didn't get the Apu Trilogy, but it is essential for film collectors nonetheless.
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Summary: Unequaled depiction of matrimonial love
Review: We see a young couple getting up. Later they go to a movie. And then we know that they're in love in a way that has never been shown before (or after) in film history.
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Summary: Stunning
Review: Words cannot describe this stunning film. One of the most magnificant creations of all time.
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