Cycle 12 · 30 May 2024From fidelity to grace: from substance to subject- 1:23:06The Chess PlayersThe Indian Visconti; his film shows England swallowing India, down to the kingdom of Oudh.
Satyajit Ray
Appears in 3 videos · 3 passages, 2 of them in depth.
Cycle 12 · 30 May 2024From fidelity to grace: from substance to subject
Cycle 8 · 11 Jun 2020#10 Return to the logics of the subject- 56:31The Chess PlayersThe greatest Indian filmmaker; a raja in love with poetry and music ignores the English conquest.
Series · 24 Jan 2021#11 Modal and tonal music- 1:16:23His soundtracks preserve now-vanished musics of North India.