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Devi = The goddess / Satyajit Ray Productions presents ; written, produced and directed by Satyajit Ray.
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Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 034 174 DVD + insert
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 1102.
- The Criterion collection ; 1102
- Language:
- Bengali
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mukhopādhyāẏa, Prabhātakumāra, 1873-1932.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Women in Hinduism.
- Women.
- Upper class families.
- India.
- Mukhopādhyāẏa, Prabhātakumāra, 1873-1932--Film adaptations.
- Mukhopādhyāẏa, Prabhātakumāra.
- Upper class families--India--Drama.
- Women--India--Drama.
- Women in Hinduism--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships--India--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Foreign language films -- Bengali.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures.
- Historical films.
- Romance films.
- Fiction films.
- Motion pictures, Indic.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + insert (1 folded insert : illustrations ; 18 cm).
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- color
- stamping
- Edition:
- DVD special edition.
- Other Title:
- Goddess
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In Bengali; optional subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Audio mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- " Master filmmaker Satyajit Ray explores the conflict between fanaticism and free will in Devi (The Goddess), issuing a subversively modern challenge to religious orthodoxy and patriarchal power structures. In the waning days of mid-nineteenth-century India's feudal system, after his son leaves for Kolkata to complete his studies, a wealthy rural landowner is seized by the notion that his beloved daughter-in-law (a hauntingly sad-eyed Sharmila Tagore) is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali a delusion that proves devastating to the young woman and those around her. The opulently stylized compositions and the chiaroscuro lighting by cinematographer Subrata Mitra heighten the entrancing expressionistic intensity of this domestic tragedy, making for an experience that is both sublime and shattering."--Container.
- Participant:
- Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Banerjee.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Subrata Mitra ; film editing, Dulal Dutta ; music, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
- Notes:
- Based on the story by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
- Full screen.
- Special features: new program featuring interviews with Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee recorded in 2013; new video essay by Meheli Sen; essay by Devika Girish.
- For private home use only.
- ISBN:
- 9781681438894
- 1681438895
- OCLC:
- 1266188100
- Publisher Number:
- 715515265614
- 00715515265614 gtin-14
- CC3307DDVD The Criterion Collection
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