Cinema, Emergence, and the Films of Satyajit Ray

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film
Cover of the book Cinema, Emergence, and the Films of Satyajit Ray by Keya Ganguly, University of California Press
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Author: Keya Ganguly ISBN: 9780520946040
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: June 8, 2010
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Keya Ganguly
ISBN: 9780520946040
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: June 8, 2010
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

Although revered as one of the world’s great filmmakers, the Indian director Satyajit Ray is described either in narrowly nationalistic terms or as an artist whose critique of modernity is largely derived from European ideas. Rarely is he seen as an influential modernist in his own right whose contributions to world cinema remain unsurpassed. In this benchmark study, Keya Ganguly situates Ray’s work within the internationalist spirit of the twentieth century, arguing that his film experiments revive the category of political or "committed" art. She suggests that in their depictions of Indian life, Ray’s films intimate the sense of a radical future and document the capacity of the image to conceptualize a different world glimpsed in the remnants of a disappearing past.

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Although revered as one of the world’s great filmmakers, the Indian director Satyajit Ray is described either in narrowly nationalistic terms or as an artist whose critique of modernity is largely derived from European ideas. Rarely is he seen as an influential modernist in his own right whose contributions to world cinema remain unsurpassed. In this benchmark study, Keya Ganguly situates Ray’s work within the internationalist spirit of the twentieth century, arguing that his film experiments revive the category of political or "committed" art. She suggests that in their depictions of Indian life, Ray’s films intimate the sense of a radical future and document the capacity of the image to conceptualize a different world glimpsed in the remnants of a disappearing past.

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