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The River

DVD - 2015 DVD Drama River 3 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.8 out of 5

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Call Number: DVD Drama River
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Special features: Introduction to the film from 1962 by director Jean Renoir; Around the river, a 2008 documentary; interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese from 2004; audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney from 2000; Jean Renoir: A passage through India; trailer; essay by film scholar Ian Christie and notes on the film by Renoir.
Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Patricia Walters, Arthur Shields.
Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold.
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation.

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UP! The River submitted by tarascon on August 17, 2023, 12:07pm This brilliant film, a gorgeous feast for the eyes, shows Renoir at his thoughtful, sincere best. It’s also refreshingly free of the usual cultural paternalism so common to the films of the era.
Just imagine how the American western would’ve been handled by Renoir.