An Act of Faith: Saving The Apu Trilogy
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2015
- Two decades after its original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray’s breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration from the Academy Film Archive, Criterion Collection, and L'Immagine Ritrovata.
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It's a shame that nobody here in India has given a shit about preserving his work
+samsung_s.three There are plenty of nouveau riche in India who could easily fund such projects.
Indians are naive
indians are busy with casteism
@@sujitroy4236 Why do you bring caste in everything ? Stop talking about it if you want it to go
Yes that is so true
You can screenshot any shot from Ray's movie and frame it on your wall.
true
True that..
100% agreed.
Did it several times ❤️
It's actually in my home. I took my favourite portions of pather panchali and took a printout of it. And it's now I'm my home.
I am strongly missing a heart button in UA-cam.
Same here ♥️
So true 😁
I can't tell you how grateful I feel to have seen this clip on UA-cam. I lived in Berkeley from 1961 to 1969, when it had two or three movie theaters that showed many classics of world cinema; there was another such then in Menlo Park near Palo Alto and Stanford. I believe Apu had been released the same year I'd graduated from high school, 1959. In Berkeley and Menlo Park I sat through all three films at one time on 4 occasions by the time I was 23 (1965); by then I could anticipate almost every line of dialogue. I was already a big fan of Ravi Shankar. I found the story--even with English subtitles--the cinematography, the music, the direction, and the acting so absorbing that I felt each time that I had entered the world of Apu and his family. I am rarely given to pompous pronouncements, but I recall saying to myself, as I left the theater after my 4th viewing, "This is Art with a capital A!" I have never seen the trilogy since. I bought it twice on VHS --the first version was in bad focus, with unreadable subtitles--and now I must get the new Criterion release on DVD (I had not heard about the burning of the negatives--though I recall when Ray won an Oscar, not long before he died). The only works of art that have moved me more are in the realm of music (think, especially, Bach, Beethoven, Bartok, and Britten--my four Bs). I think one reason I haven't seen the trilogy since I was 23 is the investment of time and attention required, and a hesitation to approach a work I consider sacred: the same reasons I rarely play a recording of Bach's "St. Matthew Passion." Though there are many great films I've never seen, of the ones I have only a couple seem to me to come near to the trilogy: Resnais's "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" (clearly 2nd place; the greatest antiwar film, I think, that I've seen), and, probably in 3rd, Dreyer's "The Passion of Joan of Arc." Maybe it is time to watch the trilogy again. I know beyond a doubt that it will have stood the test of time, of my maturity and (I hope) increased wisdom, and of a much wider experience of cinema.
+Richard Salisbury beautifully said
You have a superb artistic sense
Thanks for that beautiful comment.
Some films truly leave you speechless!because after you watched something magical you feel you lived it!
@@mofiziul Beautiful. "To approach a work I consider sacred". For long I have wondered why I have put off a film from watching. That is the phrase I didn't have words for! Thank you :)
And Hiroshima Mon Amour is one of the first films that just pops to mind when someone asks for my favourite films :)
Feeling ashamed as an Indian. The academy did what we should have done. Big thank you to the academy. A big salute to your faith.
Not ashamed , it also done in here , India , among us..hope.. check..
PUNA FILM institute
DO NOT THEY RESTORE OLD FILMS?
Half knowledge is dangerous, before write any thing or be ashamed, atleast know what happened to original blueprints, india was not responsible for burning of those,
@@atulantil3 pls if you think satyajit ray movies are great you can also see adoor gopalakrishnan malayalam movies which is also as real and effective as ray movies, but just go to your UA-cam search type mathilukal or videyan full movie with eng subtitles you will not be disappointed
Believe it or not aritra....you too clicked on this video when you saw The Academy restored his works....you wouldn't have bothered check on the works that Indian institutes did for restoration...so better be completely informed before being unnecessarily ashamed .... actually u are a shame for the country
As a Bengali witnessing the slow sad demise of our glorious culture I would like to express my whole hearted gratitude to the hardworking folks at academy originals for bringing this masterpiece a new lease of life. All of you are my heroes.
@Lucieon Its complicated. Firstly, the current hindu nationalist government in India is looking to actively impose a common hindi identity all across India by subjugating all other Indian cultures ( and we have quite a few). Also, bengali culture as a whole is suffering because it has somewhat lost its sense of identity and history. Many of us do not have the faintest of ideas about the glorious history of our culture in the arts, sciences, politics etc and hence attach no value to it. Hopefully with another bengali receiving the noble prize, we will reclaim some of our lost glory. Starting from the likes of Rammohan roy, Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhash Bose to the likes of Satyajit Ray, Rittik Ghatak (check him out another great director) and Amartya Sen our culture has a lot to live up to.
And it's such a great moment to find my brother's comment!
@@nascimentobarreto And Mohammad Yunus
@@nascimentobarreto everything blame on the current Indian government. This will solve will solve the problems.
@@nascimentobarreto I agree to this
As a cinephile, this moves me to tears.
You have my company in that
Add me to your club.
I want to thank Academy and people for doing this and showing so much love and care for Ray's work. Feel honored as a fellow Indian.
Ansuman Pattanaik but feel ashamed because even the this great film was released in our country there are only few who watch or even know about it. They like stupid films like bahubali.
@@claustrophobic0015 So you are saying eveyone should like the same thing what you like and all other movies except this genre are crap ? Fuck off if you meant it, and you can't be a Cine fan if you really hate the work of others.Just jog off mate.
that cinematography is pretty insane
And you wont believe that the director and the cameraman were both first time amateurs :)
@@ShadowsGaloreTV well, even Pandit Ravi Shankar was a rookie himself those days.... What a team!
he made films on 20 th century.
it is 21st.
but , still , i think only few indians can digest his creations.
mr . ray is just not the cup of tea for bollywood masala movie lovers.
thank you.
No,His works are still relevant... Watch his Calcutta trilogy, you will understand what I want to mean...
As an Indian and as a film enthusiast, I sincerely say Thank You. It's very rare to see Indian films be restored with such care, especially at 4K resolution scans. Thank you for helping preserve an incredible piece of art.
Moses King it's because this are the only great works from India tgere is good works of rithwikh gatakh, adoor and all but this was great.
Where are my fellow bengalis who will beat their chest, take pride in the "culture and heritage we have ". Kajer kaj ta shei firingi rai kore dilo
@Saurabh Ghosh bengal > india. My identity Bengali 1st, Indian 2nd.
True man.... The recent status of bengali cinema is just pathetic... Idk how we fall this far? Why indian audience only Care about shity movies? Even today good cinema is not valued... It's so sad... That academy has to preserve his works... While Indians are busy watching salman khan movies. It's a shame really.
@@boycottnok1466
I am also a bengali and was born in Kolkata.
Bharat>Any other identity, be it region, religion, language, anything.
I have that much brain to see what happened in the past when we all not only us, but also tamil, telugu, marathi, kannada, etc people took a lot of "pride" in there culture and look at what we are now.
From contolling 1/4 th of the world's economy to now being the trashcan of the world.
And I don't wish that to happen again. We are only strong together.
Bharat is a place filled with extraordinarily beautiful cultures which all need to flourish.
But not at the cost of each other.
I don't want another british invasion.
Bharat> Every other identity
To you and the 6 people who liked what you said.
@Sourabh Ghosh India has many beautiful cultures.
He is an Indian, definitely, but it doesn't mean he is not a Bengali.
You can be Indian, this doesn't mean you can't also identify with your culture, religion, language.
Your comment is nonsense
@@hh-zm9gr yes bro First Indian then a Marathi jai hind jai Maharashtra joy Bangla 🇮🇳
love from Bangladesh! Satyajit Ray is the legend!
Thank You, as a film lover from India because our govt. doesn't give two shits about preserving anything,unless they are religious.
Shailendra Singh such a shitty country
Irony
True
Strange but i have seen this film in doordarshan many times.and you are not even a bengali. But still complaining. Get a life man.
Ankur Samanta in doordarshan! May be in bengali version the film not just belong to Bengal it's the greatest film made in India and can be said as the identity of indian cinema as it is the most popular cinema from our country but it's pathetic that we don't have any other great films more 95% of the remaining films are stupid like bahubali and our country run behind such stupid films.i wonder how many of them from our country might have watched it! A very few and it's meant for foreigners they watch them more than us. and i feel proud to because i am able to watch such great works.
I just saw Pather Panchali, and now I'm so grateful to all of these film historians, technicians, executives and artists from all over the world (except apparently India!) who labored to ensure that Ray's legacy would not be lost. Amazing to think how easily it could all have disappeared!
You can watch his movies like Hirak Rajar deshe, the music room, Nayak if you get subtitles
Except india? Dude they took negatives to UK and carelessly burnt it and tried to restore it. You are appreciating that n blaming indians for that. Typical western behaviour 🤦 we have Satyajit rey movies n he is a veteran legend of our film industry 🤦
Wow. Great project! If you look at pre 1970's film, Indian, European, whatever, I'm always struck by the respect they grant to the individual human actors. The pace is slower...like a heartbeat. It seems that people were honored in manner that we don't see today.
Thank you Academy Film Archive. Thank you Criterion Collection. Thank you L'Immagine Ritrovata. And thanks to each and every individual who worked tirelessly to bring this masterpiece again back to life.
Amazing job indeed
Words cannot describe how I feel about this project. Satyajit Ray was an exceptional creator - not just of films. Thank you for doing this.
Seriously they did a great job which India can never think of doing.
Huge respect to Oscar for preserving the movies of our legendary director Satyajit Ray.
It's very shameful for us that nobody did this in india 😞
Amazing! Thank you!
love your work
I am literally crying right now... thnk you Academy and every single person who worked for this project.... the world owe you.. as a cinephile i am in-depth to you...
Dude! Calm down and stop embarrassing yourself.
Sanju Singh Mma 😆😆😆 no really the apu trilogy is a masterpiece but it didn’t got its due credits... glad that Academy came to rescue
@@pankajbiswakarma1640 I agree! But stop acting so cringey, it's really very embarrassing watching a "man" in his 40s act this way.
Also it's in debt not in depth.
Sanju Singh Mma i m 28 bro... ok you need to calm down now... 😂
Even though they've been on my watch-list for a very long, I've have never seen The Apu Trilogy, but this video just warms my heart. I've loved movies ever since I was in grade school and I have dreams of one day making my own. And Iit's amazing to see how much these people care about cinema and preserving great films.
You can watch one of its part in my channel... India best 100 movies
Thank you to all the selfless people....your works means a lot to this generation and may be the upcoming generations
It's a shame our own people lost the importance of these restorations. But i am glad that the world still remembers and that will do for now. People will still remember Satyajit Ray. The last bright star of the Ray family.
"Satyajit Ray" a true ray of light which will always be travelling across the stream of human memory.These r the genuinely commited people.
being from Bengal and growing up watching his movies and reading his detective novels never knew what he really was when I was younger, now getting goosebumps when seeing that Academy is making so great efforts to preserve his films
Thank you Academy ! Ray himself has expressed how he has learnt a lot from Hollywood movies. Now with this restoration effort Academy ensured that it not only helped Ray in the early years of his filmmaking but also helped to preserve his legacy for the next generation.
Regardless Bangladesh or india, he was an asset for Bengal. I have watched this trilogy in 4k. Thak just a word to express my gratitude.
My roots are kurdish. I was born in Germany and living here. I started to get in the film business and since I met Satyajit Ray, he has been the North Star for me that guides me
6:45 stole my heart
Heartiest congratulations to the entire team for this amazing effort.Having seen these films while studying at the Film Institute Of India at Pune and later working as the chief assistant to Ray's DOP Subrata Mitra,I am extremely delighted for this great effort.A BIG THANKS to all the great people for restoring these masterpieces of Great Mr.Ray.
True art has no boundaries. Satyajit Ray was and will remain to be one of the finest film makers of all times. On behalf of all his fans, I can say that there are not enough words to thank AO for taking up this extremely challenging work of restoration of his master pieces.
This whole effort is driven by the love and respect to Arts.....unknown to Indian government
Indian govt?
This movie itself is sponsored by Govt of Bengal
@@subinoydutta6973 I was implying about the restoration.
THANK YOU....you didn't just saved a film,you saved the TRUE INDIAN CULTURE & CINEMA !!!
U just put a smile on my face...
SATYAJIT RAY - A legend and made films ahead of its time, a visionary, a poet, a musician, an Orator, a painter, a Caligraphist, a Narrator, a Writer, a cinematographer, a Director, lastly a Filmmaker... In one word word "genius"
Thanks Academy for restoring his work, his work is a gem in film world...
And here we're busy preserving student of the year, really this didn't deserve us he was the greatest film maker ever in the whole world if he was born 50 years later he would have shown us such science fictions which would have made even inception look like kid
Roy is a legend.. But those people who are working in restoration really extraordinary.
Please Restore “Hirok Rajar Deshe” one of the most amazing masterpieces from Satyajit Ray.
I literally got tears in my eyes seeing what Academy is doing for arts. As an indian and an artist I have no words enough to thank you guys. You're the heroes.
Watching this brought a tear to my eye. Thank you to every single person responsible in some way or the other in the restoration of the greatest trilogy in Indian cinema. Thank you from the bottom of my heart... not for the end product... (which is in itself a MASSIVE achievement)... but for the effort put in to achieve the end product! My eternal salutations to you!
As an Indian and Bengali It mourns my heart that our own people never gave the respect and attention the film deserved, we do have a so called Indian film industry called Bollywood that is mostly making masala films. Ray was definitely right about the Indian audience, it's Unsophisticated.
Basically we are careless in preserving the past heritage. Many films were lost due to non interest by the Government. The Academy needs special appreciation for restoring our past heritage of Satyajit Ray. This documentary showing restoration from the scrap is really great. The whole team untiring efforts are to be appreciated. One agency in India don't want to mention the name, in the name of restoration and colorization of a great regional movie got full lorry load of all prints of full movie cut the movie vital scenes. Removed nearly 30 minutes. A movie lover restored that film in full from cds and DVDS also the full original soundtrack recorded in the projection room in the theater in 3 moths. He circulated privately among close friends free.
As an Indian, I cannot thank you enough for all your hard work and effort to save his legacy.
Huge respect for preserving those gems. I still have the 4k version of Apu's Trilogy and Aparajita. When I first saw the 4k version i was speechless due to the extremely beautiful quality of the film.
This why the WEST is always better than the east. Their dedication towards their jobs is next to none. Being a die hard Satyajit fan this was giving me goosebumps. THANK YOU for saving these "ones in a lifetime " creations. Hats off to your tremendous hard work and dedication.
yess even now India doesnt give a fuck about it's films. they dont see it as an artform but mindless entertainment. 90% of the Indians dont even know who Ray was
I was losing hope of completing my degree in digital signal processing. This gave me the idea of the immense power of the technology. Gonna complete it.
Ashamed that there's not that respect in his own country
A big thanks to the academy
People abroad are putting so much into restoring ray's work where as most of the indians never watched his works. This shows there love towards pure cinema and the reason behind the quality of cinema they make.
As a Bengali and a movie lover, I am grateful to you all for doing this work, to preserve Ray's films. Trust me, nobody in India would give a shit about this painstaking process.
As an Indian, a Bengali, and a cinephile, I don't know how to thank you! My eyes are literally moist while I'm watching this! Thanks to the Academy, Criterion and all the wonderful people who have taken this noble endeavor! Preservation and restoration of Art are as sacred as the making of it.
Thank you Academy for preserving the pride of India and for saving the legacy of Satyajit Ray.
Thanks for what u guys hv done. This is something the Indian media won't show us ever neither our govt hs given ny shit on saving these historical masterpieces. U guys hv helped the indian/world cinema by preserving these historical films of Shree Satyajeet Ray🙏
I began as a moving image archivist over 30 years ago, and it's amazing and wonderful what digital technology has been able to do in this field.
The Academy has done what Government of India, National Film Archive of India and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting should've done.
For all dedication, hardwork and resources they spent on reviving Ray's work, I'm heartedly grateful.
I feel sad when I see the kind of films made in Bollywood today. They have artistically and intellectually devolved.
Thank you Academy.
Satyajit Ray= the man who just loved his job of film direction.....
Gives me chills of how oblivious we are about his work and yet he is celebrated so highly elsewhere.
Kudos to the Academy & Criterion for this restoration process. What boggles my mind is why an Indian company never thought of doing it first. I know the funds are limited compared to the West but surely the Indian film industry could have collectively came together to honor the work of one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of world cinema.
I watched these films about 2 months ago and i highly recommend others to watch it. Thanks for saving such "Masterpiece(The Apu Trilogy)"...
I always cry watching his works or watching his interviews. He is my God and I'm so overwhelmed in emotion to see what you are doing. As a Bengali, as his devotee I can't thank you enough. But I'll be indebted forever.
We don't show enthusiasm to preserve Ray's creations but Hollywood gives value to the deserved one. Thank you Academy Originals. Satyajit Ray was an institution himself 🙏🙏❤️❤️. He had supreme knowledge of not only Cinema but also of literature and artistic skills❤️. He was a very good Science Fiction writer e.g "Professor Shanku". His remarkable detective character "Feluda" is still considered to be one of the finest in the world. He was a very good painter too. Most of his films' posters were made by Satyajit Ray himself. Legend in it's true sense ❤️.
I want to sincerely thank The Academy, The Criterion Collection and L'Immagine Ritrovata for their important work in restoring The Apu Trilogy. I love cinema so much and it is efforts like this that give me an incredible sense of happiness. This made me cry so many tears of joy, this is a gift for humanity. May the legacy of Satyajit Ray live on forever.
It's incredible and almost surreal to witness the dedication of these people and their love for cinema. It's a blessing to have people like these around in the world; the majority of people of the country these films are from does not seem to care, too absorbed in their mainstream crap
just one sentiment... "😢Thank you"
We Indians shall remain forever grateful to the Academy and it's partners for the massive restoration task of Satyajit Ray's films..🎉
I didn't know about this. This true love for art. When Indians least care about their artists you have done a lot to preserve many of the works. That's really kind of you 😢😌😍
I have seen his several movies including Pather Panchali and Apoorva
APOOR.sansar?
Being a Ray admirer, I can't find words to thank these heroes, who have done such a great job. Eternally grateful to all of them.
Thanks and Sincere Gratitude from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.....You have brought my Master Satyajit Ray back to life. ❤❤❤. Sanjay, Actor and Writer (Pacific Media Solutions, Port Moresby)
Thankyou from India we r never good at preserving except the pickles of our grandmother
Thankyou for saving Ray's legacy. You are real life heroes. Shame on us Indians for forgetting our few Global Icons.
Thankyou Academy.... Its a huge huge act of Humanity.
I always thought India and Indian artists are underrated in the Hollywood world. But this much love for Satyajit Ray, makes me tear up. He was very poor when he made Pather Panchali. It took him 5 years. That movie was his life. By preserving that film, you have done a great thing for his soul.
Oh, come on - it's simply bizarre to claim that Ray was "very poor." He had difficulty getting funding for his first movie - but he was born in a very sophisticated and cultured upper middle class family (son of the legendary Sukumar Ray, grandson of Upendra Kishore Ray Choudhury - both of them household names in Bengal) with extensive family connections to luminaries of the Bengal renaissance like Tagore and many, many others.
This project was perhaps more resource intensive than the movies themselves. Hats off to the guys at Criterion. You guys are relentless in your pursuit for perfection!
I am glad I never knew that the original negative to one of my favorite films was burnt! Gawd! Kudos to Criterion and all the people who participated in this restoration!
Criterion Collection is such a blessing to mankind! Have ordered & watched all three of these masterpieces in 4K, without knowing the immense work put together by this group of people for its restoration. Grateful and indebted. ধন্যবাদ |
The video actually made me tear up. I love Pather Panchali and the sequels and it was heart wrenching when that fire happened. For the films to be available in ideal screening condition is just wonderful. Thank you Criteria Collection and film preservers everywhere.
Thank you so much academy for saving Ray's work.
Words cannot describe how thankful I am to the Academy Film Archive, Criterion Collection, and L'Immagine Ritrovata for getting the films restored of this Indian Cinema stalwart.
I am awestruck by the effort and hard work given by these professionals to restore something which is not their own. It shows amount of respect Ray earned and even still earning today.
His films are very close to my heart and I find immense satisfaction to know that more of his films are being preserved in the Academy Archive to be showcased to the younger generation.
you have no idea how much I personally appreciated this. watching the apu trilogy was a major highlight of my life.
We will forever be grateful to Criterion for the restoration of Ray's prints. Huge respect!!
Thank you so much from a city where Ray was born. You guys nailed it.
WOW !!!! THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH RESPECT RAY HOLDS IN THE WORLD OF CINEMA!!!!
Thank you, Academy. Thank you so much.
So grateful to the Academy for doing this. Ray was an outstanding film-maker who was gravely under-credited for his work. I'm deeply saddened that today's Indian film industry don't remember visionaries like him. I wish I could visit the past, and meet him personally.
Absolutely remarkable work! I love restoration in many mediums, but seeing the care and determination in bringing Satyajit Ray’s trilogy back from oblivion… it can’t be ignored, whether you love cinema or not!
Love to people who done this restoration, Thank you all
Kudos to the people behind the restoration work. It really made me wanna see these movies :D
Thank you Academy and everyone else associated with the restoration and preservation of avant-garde cinema. We are forever in debt.
What you did is incredible and beyond praises! An act of faith, indeed.
These restoration artists are fuckin heroes. I mean that.
Speechless. Simply speechless. Hats off to the Academy, to Bologna, to Criterion, to the person and People involved in this restoration. Bow and respect. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Faith in humanity restored. Thank you gentlemen
These people did a great favour for the world by recovering these films
As a bengali Indian, I thank you wholeheartedly.
Thank you for preserving these masterpieces.
He is my inspiration as a director. Hope i would rise like him
you guys made me cry....you did what we should have done....
Thank you for your incredible work.
ita just so heartwarming, watching their efforts to preserve a Legend's legacy.. in awe!
Sincere gratitude for undertaking this!
Grattitude for the academy. We Indians lost many of the ancient works/research of our greats over centuries just because of lack of preservations or fires/accidents. অসংখ্য ধন্যবাদ ।