The Apu Trilogy is the fifth book written by influential film critic Robin Wood and republished for a contemporary audience. Focusing on the famed trilogy from Indian director Satyajit Ray; Wood persuasively demonstrates his ability at detailed textual analysis; providing an impressively sustained reading that elucidates the complex view of life in the trilogy. Wood was one of our most insightful and committed film critics; championing films that explore the human condition. His analysis of The Apu Trilogy reveals and illuminates the filmsrsquo; profoundly humanistic qualities with clarity and rigor; plumbing the psychological and emotional resonances that arise from Rayrsquo;s delicate balance of performance; camerawork; and visual design. Wood was the first English-language critic to write substantively about Rayrsquo;s films; which made the original publication of his monograph on The Apu Trilogy unprecedented as well as impressive. Of late there has been a renewed interest in North America in the work of Satyajit Ray; yet no other critic has come close to equaling the scope and depth of his analysis. In his introduction; originally published in 1971; Wood says reactions to Rayrsquo;s work were met with indifference. In response; he offers possible reasons why this occurred; including social and cultural differences and the filmsrsquo; slow pacing; which contemporary critics tended to associate with classical cinema. Wood notes Rayrsquo;s admiration for Western film culture; including the Hollywood cinema and European directors; particularly Jean Renoir and his realist films. Assigning a chapter to each Pather Panchali (1955); Aparajito; (1957); and The World of Apu; (1959); Wood goes on to explore each film more thoroughly. One of the aspects of this book that is particularly rewarding is Woodrsquo;s analytical approach to the trilogy as a whole; as well as detailed attention given to each of the three films. The book; with a new preface by Richard Lippe and foreword by Barry Keith Grant; functions as a master class on what constitutes an in-depth reading of a work and the use of critical tools that are relevant to such a task. Robin Woodrsquo;s The Apu Trilogy offers an excellent account of evaluative criticism that will appeal to film scholars and students alike.
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