The first look at the vehicle is a moment of both the culmination of curiosity and amazement for the children. Ray chose to use off screen space and not show the train right away so that the viewers eyes are exposed to the train only when the children see it. Just like the power line, when we see the train, we understand that the train is also something new, something exciting for them. This clearly portrays the separation of Indians in poverty and the ones living in luxury. The characters do not live in the city and has no connection to the development of urban life. Durga, to the viewers knowledge, has no concept of power lines. This shot holds itself for twenty five seconds without any dialogues. The Train Scene Satyajit Ray used the long take extensively in Pather Panchali to make the viewers appreciate the simplicity.Arguably the most beautiful long shot in the film is the train scene.
Thus the "long take" was invented, which itself became an art form.
But the Italian neo-realist films tried to depict accurately the time it takes to preform everyday tasks. In a majority of film, simple tasks are often shorter than they would be in reality because there may be a time limit to the film or the director may view it as trivial. Also Ray was influenced by the realistic timing of the neo-realists.
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Inspiration for Pather Panchali After watching The Bicycle Thieves by De Sica in London, Ray felt that his vision of Pather Panchali was similar to The Bicycle Thieves- the use of non professional actors, shooting extensively on real locations, exploring the conditions of the working class, and featuring children in major roles. Pather Panchali changed the whole scenario of Indian Cinema. Before Ray, popular Hindi film presented cinema as a means of escaping from the realities of life and seeking entertainment in the song, dance and melodrama of Bollywood.
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This movie showed the Indian Audience that cinema can be used as a medium to tell real human stories taking place in real time. This makes them more close to us.īut with his first film Pather Panchali, we find a unique blend of realism and humanism, of art wedded to truth. Whether it be Charu from Charulata, Dayamoyee from Devi (The Goddess), Aarati from Mahanagar (The Big City) or Siddhartha from Pratidwandi (The Adversary), we have at one time or the other came across them and also perhaps felt the conflict they felt with their lives.
This effect is achieved due to the authenticity and reality in the portrayal of characters and setting. They are mostly lifelike, and we can easily relate and empathize with them. While watching any Satyajit Ray movie, we feel in accord with almost all the characters. It tends to present life as it is without any artificiality and exotic elements of conventional art forms.
Realism in films deals with authenticity and reality with which the characters and the setting are established, and emphasize the mundanity, ugliness and sordidness of life. Realism in the strict sense of the term, means the quality or fact of representing a person or thing in way that is accurate and true to life. The quiet but deep observation, understanding and love of the human race, which are characteristic of all his films, have impressed me greatly.I feel that he is a "giant" of the movie industry.
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