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The Apu TrilogyOther

by Satyajit Ray

Who uses, recommends or left The Apu Trilogy, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Cambodian-French filmmaker; made the documentary Golden Slumbers on Cambodia's lost pre-Khmer Rouge cinema, then Diamond Island (2016), which won the SACD Award at Cannes Critics' Week, and Return to Seoul (2022).
loved

I could watch The Apu Trilogy again and again.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Davy Chou, the entry for The Apu Trilogy.

2023-03-13·criterion.com ↗

American film director of Wendy and Lucy, Certain Women and First Cow.
loved

I first saw The Apu Trilogy when I was in art school, and I think I was confused or overwhelmed by it at the time—it was my first encounter with that kind of cinema. But it stuck with me, and I return to it over and over again because it’s endlessly beautiful.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Kelly Reichardt, the entry for Pather Panchali.

2020-03-09·criterion.com ↗

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