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Re: films about women and their friendships
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Richard Wohlfeiler <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:33:45 -0700
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Satyajit Ray's 1963 film The Big City (Mahanagar) features a subtly
developed friendship between two women of different backgrounds who work
in the same office. Their solidarity becomes central to Ray's exploration
of the woman protagonist's transforming self-identity in the midst of
traditional (home) and modern (workplace) patriarchal systems.
 
I know that Ismael Merchant has sponsored a recent restoration of this
film, along with a number of other early films by Ray.
 
Richard Wohlfeiler
 
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