(aka 'The World of Apu' or 'Apur Sansar")
directed by Satyajit Ray
India 1959
"The World of Apu" is the third and final
installment in the film trilogy of Satyajit Ray's (Pather
Panchali, Aparajito and
Apur Sansar) Apu has grown to manhood and has been forced to give up his
studies and find employment. Unable to find work, he is writing a novel based on
his life. In a representation of an arranged marriage Apu nobly stands in for a
distraught bridegroom. He had never seen his wife before the ceremony but
together they find brief happiness. Tragedy again befalls Apu as his pregnant
wife dies in childbirth. His son is brought into the world but blamed by his
father for his mothers death. Apu matures, overcomes and sets forth with his
boy, Kajal, to Calcutta to continue his adventure and start a new beginning.
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Theatrical Release: 1957 - India
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DVD Review: Columbia Tri-star - Region 1 - NTSC
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| Distribution | Columbia Tri-Star Region 1 - NTSC | |
| Runtime | 1:46:32 | |
| Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.5 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | Bengali (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003
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Again, slightly better image quality than the first 2 but still many damage spots. A better burned-in font than Aparajito but still there are no Extras and a meager 12 Chapter stops again. Almost insultingly the menus are (barely) animated with a transparent elephant appearing over the chapter. No liner notes. The DVD is also on the expensive side... and they went to NO expense in creating this. Even the cover art is the same as the VHS tapes.
I hope to compare these to
the Artificial Eye versions which I suspect are superior. It is my
opinion that Columbia Tri-Star really dropped the ball when they could
have shown homage to one of the all-time great directors. What a shame.
I give this disc
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