The River [videorecording] / Oriental International Films, Inc. ; director, Jean Renoir
Contributor(s): Renoir, Jean | Swinburne, Nora | Knight, Esmond | Corri, Adrienne
| Janus Films | Criterion Collection (Firm).
Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs): 276Publisher: [United States] : Janus Films : Criterion Collection, 2005Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 p. : coll. ill. ; 19 cm.).ISBN: 0780029623.Subject(s): India -- Social conditions -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 RIV 2005 (Browse shelf) | DVD + 1 booklet | 1 | Available | SLASx,05000,01,GR | 1000525219 |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951
Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden
Special features: New high-definition digital transfer from the 2004 film restoration; introduction to the film by Jean Renoir; new video interview with Martin Scorsese; 2000 audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney; 1995 'Rumer Godden: An Indian Afffair' BBC documentary; essays by film scholars Ian Christie and Alexander Sesonske; stills gallery; original theatrical trailer.
Cinematographer, Claude Renoir
Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Adrienne Corri
The film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River in India, around which their daily lives unfold.
DVD format ; Region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono