The Music Room (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

A poignant film about the need for certain people to keep up appearances above more important things like family.

When I first saw the Music Room in a big screen at the Ice-skating Ring Calcutta, I found it to be slow but intriguing. Since then whenever I watched this film, I felt I rediscovered it once again. When I found that the Criterion Collection has released the DVD version, I didn't think twice to buy it from Amazon though the price is more than sum total of all the Satyajit DVD/VCDs I have ever purchased. With a superb digital restoration, it is an audio-visual pleasure to watch the khayal recital in the backdrop of the looming disaster, the Kathak performance, tinkling sound of the chandelier, the night scene and so on. Analysis of the film by the French television channel, Mira Nair and by Andrew Robinson are delightful bonus. What a love and perfection that have gone in to restore this masterpiece from oblivion.

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Satyajit Ray's fourth feature film, "The Music Room" remains one of the strongest in the Ray canon, not least because it skirts sentimentality, verging instead upon the tragic. The restored Criterion print is first rate and reveals Ray as a stunning poet in the medium of black and white. The extraordinary quality of the music and dance--all seamlessly integrated into the plot--speaks for itself. The supporting material is uniformly excellent and genuinely serves to illuminate the film. It is only to be hoped that Criterion will see fit to release further Ray films with this degree of care, conervatorship, and sophistication.

Watch it! It's one of S. Ray's best. The movie is deeply thought provoking and stands well for repeated viewings. The remastered copy of "Criterrion" is excellent. Highly recommended.

This is one of my favorite Satyagit Ray films and I was happy to see it offered in DVD. I have all his films, but most are on VHS.

It was quite good and arrived on time.

Beautiful movie!

Un film fétiche, découvert en DVD grâce au journal Le Monde et que j'ai désormais le plaisir d'avoir en blu-ray. Hautement recommandable !

The portrait of the aristocratic music lover is wonderful. So too is the music which is a vital part of the film and not just incidental.

Classic film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray. In an isolated mansion a man who risked and lost everything for his obsession with music remembers the past and, finally decides to host one more concert in his long abandoned music room. Moody, sad and beautiful.

Die Qualität der Blue-ray ist gemäss des Alters des Films wirklich prima. Ein Film für Musikfreunde und Liebhaber des indischen Genres. Mir hat der Film sehr gut gefallen. Mag natürlich auch indische Musik.

Ravi d’avoir ce dvd si bien restauré par Criterion ; heureux que le modèle « import « soit compatible avec mon lecteur européen ! Merci de corriger votre annonce « achat retardé « qui ne correspond pas à la réalité !