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. The Apu Trilogy brought India into the golden age of international art-house film, following one character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal who matures into an adolescent urban student and finally a sensitive man of the world. These delicate masterworks — Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) — based on two books by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee, were shot over the course of five years, and each stands on its own as a tender, visually radiant journey.
This is how The Criterion Collection and L’Immagine Ritrovata restored the precious prints.
An Act of Faith: Saving the Apu Trilogy
Find out how the legendary movie trilogy by Oscar recipient Satyajit Ray was saved from near destruction by the Academy Film Archive, The Criterion Collection, and L’Immagine Ritrovata.
Posted by The Academy on Monday, 30 November 2015
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