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Download or Read eBook Speaking of Films PDF written by Satyajit Ray and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Speaking of Films
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Publisher : Penguin Books India
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 0144000261
ISBN-13 : 9780144000265
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Book Synopsis Speaking of Films by : Satyajit Ray

Book excerpt: Presents India's greatest film-maker on the art and craft of films. Speaking of Films brings together some of Ray's most memorable writings on film and film-making. With the masterly precision and clarity that characterize his films, Ray discusses a wide array of subjects: the structure and language of cinema with special reference to his adaptations of Tagore and Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay, the appropriate use of background music and dialogue in films, the relationship between a film-maker and a film critic, and important developments in cinema like the advent of sound and colour. He also writes about his own experiences, the challenges of working with rank amateurs, and the innovations called for when making a film in the face of technological, financial and logistical constraints. In the process, Ray provides fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpses of the people who worked with him - the intricacies of getting Chhabi Biswas, who had no ear for music, to play a patron of classical music in Jalsaghar, the incredible memory of the seventy-five-year-old Chunibala Devi, Indir Thakrun of Pather Panchali, and her remarkable attention to details.


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