The Music Room - The Criterion Collection

SATYAJIT RAY'S POWERFUL TRAGIC DRAMA- A CORNERSTONE OF THE MONUMENTALDIRECTOR'S CAREERWith The Music Room (Jalsaghar), SATYAJIT RAY (Pather Panchali) brilliantly evokes thecrumbling opulence of the world of a fallen aristocrat (the beloved actor CHHABI BISWAS)desperately clinging to his way of life. His greatest joy is the music room in which he hashosted lavish concerts over the years- now a shadow of its former vivid self. Anincandescent depiction of the clash between tradition and modernity, and a showcase forsome of India's most popular musicians of the day, The Music Room is a defining work bythe great Bengali filmmaker.Special Features:New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackSatyajit Ray (1984), a feature documentary by Shyam Benegal that chronicles Ray's career and includes interviews with the filmmaker, family photographs, and extensive clips from his filmsNew interview with filmmaker Mira NairNew interview in which Ray biographer Andrew Robinson discusses the making of The Music Room and the film's cultural significanceExcerpt from a 1981 French roundtable discussion with Ray, film critic Michel Ciment, and filmmaker Claude SautetNew and improved English subtitle translationPLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp as well as reprints of a 1963 essay by Ray and a 1986 interview with the director about the film's music