The Apu Trilogy

“I saw this at the Berkeley Film Archive. I mean, I can't even describe how good this series is.”

“Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray. It’s a whole universe about poverty, about struggle, about oppression. All those things.”

“I'm going to start with The Apu Trilogy. These are life-changing films that I've watched many times, but you can't watch them too many times because they are themselves an education in the compassionate gaze of the filmmaker.”

“Let me tell you about this. Of course, Kurosawa-san in Japan long time ago, one time I had a chance to talk with him long time ago. He says anytime he gets tired about life or something and he gets sick or bad feeling about the life and he gets very, what is it, loses himself, he watched one of the films from Satyajit Ray. If you like to make a film about yourself, about your life, about the people you know, about your family, about your heart, about what you lose, what you get, and no matter what, which country, which language, where, go with this.”

“Yeah, this is also quite very important for me in my young times. Apu Trilogy from Satyajit Ray. I can understand it maybe better because my childhood was not so far from, from this childhood. Great art.”

“What about this one, Sofia? You pulled out… Oh, yeah. This one… I love these: The Apu Trilogy. I think I’ve seen the first one and the last one. It’s the same character through his life, and he starts as a little boy and then him as an adult. Do you want to take it? Yes. Another recommendation from Sofia Coppola, ladies and gentlemen.”

“And The Apu Trilogy, Satyajit Ray, one of the great Indian filmmakers, The trilogy, starting with Pather Panchali, which is an absolutely incredible film and just blew my mind, but I have not yet seen two and three in the trilogy, so pretty excited to get this one and complete the story.”