Every week this section will be looking at a scene or moment in film history that has, for some reason or another, resonated with me and left an impression.
Pather Panchali (Satayajit Ray, 1955, India)
Often in film there are entrancing moments that are too ephemeral and unassuming to be properly described in words. Considering the point of a film blog is to communicate the seemingly ineffable, I have to admit failure for not being able to do so with the above clip.
Each and every time I see Apu's eyelids being prized open in unison with a young Ravi Shankar's sitar bursting into life, a shiver goes through me.
I can't recall any other film introducing a character in such an effectively beautiful and delicate way.
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