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Ryan Nichols
9Jan12
watching this was one of the greatest things i've ever done. it was beautiful, and seems timeless. the scene where they run after the train will be forever remembered. and the emotion on screen was unreal. i couldn't believe these were amateur actors..they were so much better than what i'm used to. i'll be watching this again. and the rest of the trilogy too, of course.
AntioneOscar69
24Feb11
A masterful, timeless look at an impoverished Indian family is arguably the best "neorealistic" film of all time, with stunning cinematic techniques that transcends any expectation about it being dry or slow. Deserves to be easily found on DVD in the U.S., and eventually being able to get the Apu Trilogy on Criterion blu ray would be incredible, if Criterion ever gets their act together and gets the rights
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Nikhil Jayakrishnan
6Feb11
The synopsis is so ridiculous. What is 'Father Panchali'? Can't anyone change it?
lukasbicho
29Dec10
Me quedé dormido en el cine..., en la Filmoteca, no sé si por aburrimiento o por el contraste entre la poderosa calefacción dentro y el intenso frío, fuera.
Nikhil Jayakrishnan
2Nov10
A film like 'Pulp Fiction' has 11,000 fans, but humanist masterpiece like this has to contend with hardly 300....
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TFCHooligan69
17Oct10
I saw this for the first time last night - on the big screen - and I was astonished. This is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Truly heart-wrenching.
Samuel Cogrenne
28Sep10
I don't know if it is really a film because during the all-time, i was with them, with Apu and her sister, with their mother, living their life. It's amazing. I don't know if it's life or art but for sure, it's a masterpiece.
WhatsUpWill
24Sep10
One of the best films about nature and how it influences our lives. It's a incredibly astounding film from start to finish. I found myself crying uncontrollably when Apu brings the friend of the mom's to their home near the end. One of those films that, throughout, I was wondering what the point was, if anything major was going to happen, perhaps preparing for it. But I was not prepared for this. It's a masterpiece.
All Is Grace
16Aug10
Watching this film was such an experience that I will never forget till the end of my life.
Fountainpen
1Aug10
Also, Its a "Bengali" family. Not "Bengalese". And I too failed to understand this aboriginal thing. Is it a genre? How do you classify one?
Pradipta Mitra
15May10
Yeah, what’s with this "Aboriginal" business? There are languages in India that may be labeled that, but I am absuletely sure that they aren’t used in this film.
Laali
8May10
One of the most beautiful scenes in cinema: when kids Durga & Apu see the train passing by across a field of 'kaash' flowers. Another such a memorable scene with kids and trains appears in Victor Erice's "The Spirit Of The Beehive".
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Nikhil Jayakrishnan
27Apr10
Also what is this term 'aboriginal'? Is it because it is a story about Indian peasants?
Nikhil Jayakrishnan
27Apr10
Kurosawa said 'Not to have seen the films of Ray is to have lived all your life without having seen the sun or moon'. Well, it seems there could be a lot of people who haven't seen the sun or moon. Not even the film critics of Hollywood who drool out lists of great movies, most of it comprising Hollywood mediocrity.
cinemaofdreams
7Apr10
One of the most deeply human and endearing films in the canon of great cinema.
A Serious Man Who Wasn't There
13Feb10
Like Tree of Wooden Clogs, this is not a film. It's like been transported to a parallel universe and watch Life going on, without the intervention of a medium.
Robert W Peabody III
22Nov09
Song of the Little Road (1955) Pather Panchali DIR Satyajit Ray SCR Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Satyajit Ray DP Subrata Mitra 115 Min Best of the trilogy, one of the best films ever made
Joshua Dysart
29Jun09
Every time I watch Pather Panchali I re-evaluate my life and my work. The film makes me ashamed that I haven't tried harder to express something that is purely, fundamentally human in my creative life. It is an engine for me. A reminder. A manifesto. The celebration of reality's beauty over escapism's spectacle.
Filmy
12Apr09
If art is universal and timeless, Pather Panchali is the paragon of such artistic masterpieces, Ray’s genius lies in his craft that is utterly simplistic, add to it the sense of visual and passion for the art, the cumulative result is a spell binding film that is rooted in reality and bursts with beauty -- the best movie from India.