The Name Of A River details
| Format: | Ex DVD |
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| Starring: | Shibu Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Abhanish Bandopadhyay, Shami Kaiser, Supriya Choudhury |
| Director: | Anup Singh |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Studio: | BFI VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Name Of A River |
Ex Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 28 Jul 2003 |
| Main languages: | Bengali |
| Subtitles: | English |
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dip into these waters
By whitfield (4 reviews) from London , 23 Dec 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
I loved this film. Described as a documentary it did not feel like one. In fact memories of Jean Renior's THE RIVER ( 1952) and Rossellin's INDIA (1958) rather than Louis Malles PHANTOM INDIA (1969) spring to mind. The film is much more recent than those two poetic masterpieces of the 50's inspired by India. It is more a mediatation about the filmmakers craft responding to the wonder and beauty of life , only hinting at the factual subject of the film . This is the Bengali film maker Rhitwik Ghatak who is revered by many but is not as welll known in the west as is Satyajit Ray.
This should not be a problem for viewers who come to THE NAME OF THE RIVER with an open mind. Abounding with images of life , love and laughter as well as beautiful young indian men and women surrounded by wonderful images of water this is a film to treasure.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(1)dip into these waters
By whitfield (4 reviews) from London , 23 Dec 2009I loved this film. Described as a documentary it did not feel like one. In fact memories of Jean Renior's THE RIVER ( 1952) and Rossellin's INDIA (1958) rather than Louis Malles PHANTOM INDIA (1969) spring to mind. The film is much more recent than those two poetic masterpieces of the 50's inspired by India. It is more a mediatation about the filmmakers craft responding to the wonder and beauty of life , only hinting at the factual subject of the film . This is the Bengali film maker Rhitwik Ghatak who is revered by many but is not as welll known in the west as is Satyajit Ray.
This should not be a problem for viewers who come to THE NAME OF THE RIVER with an open mind. Abounding with images of life , love and laughter as well as beautiful young indian men and women surrounded by wonderful images of water this is a film to treasure.- Was this review helpful to you?
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