Description
THE CRITERION COLLECTION
With The Music Room (Jalsaghar), Satyajit Ray brilliantly evokes the crumbling opulence of the world of a fallen aristocrat (the beloved actor Chhabi Biswas) desperately clinging to a fading way of life. His greatest joy is the music room in which he has hosted lavish concerts over the years—now a shadow of its former vivid self. An incandescent depiction of the clash between tradition and modernity, and a showcase for some of India’s most popular musicians of the day, The Music Room is a defining work by the great Bengali filmmaker.
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Satyajit Ray (1984), a feature documentary by Shyam Benegal that chronicles Ray’s career through interviews with the filmmaker, family photographs, and extensive clips from his films
- New interviews with Satyajit Ray biographer Andrew Robinson and filmmaker Mira Nair
- Excerpt from a 1981 French roundtable discussion with Ray, film critic Michel Ciment, and director Claude Sautet
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Philip Kemp, a 1963 essay by Ray on the film’s location, and a 1986 interview with the director about the film’s music
Product details
| SKU | 5050629173536 |
| Alphabetical Title | Music Room, The |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 |
| Blu-Ray Region | B |
| Brand / Publisher | Criterion Collection |
| Catalogue Number | CC2033BDUK |
| Certificate | PG |
| Colour | B&W |
| Countries | India |
| Director | Ray, Satyajit |
| Format | Blu-ray |
| Language(s) | Bengali |
| Product contents | Single disc |
| Running time | 99 mins |
| Size | No size |
| Sound | Bengali: LPCM Mono |
| Subtitles | English |
| Year | 1958 |
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