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Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (Train Scene - 1955)

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:01:40 -0700

(12 votes - 8 comments - 312 views)
One of the most beautiful films ever made.

"The film depicts a boy's childhood in the Indian countryside in the early twentieth century.

The film was made on a shoestring budget by Ray, who was at that time a completely unknown director. After the success of Pather Panchali, Ray was able to obtain a grant from the government of West Bengal, and completed the trilogy at the behest of the Prime Minister of India; this indicates the extent of the first film's cultural impact.

The film is an adaptation of the Bengali novel by the same name by noted Bengali writer Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. But when it was adapted by Satyajit Ray a great many changes and cuts were made to the book's original form. Ray always claimed that cinema, as a medium of artistic expression, was entirely different from literary modes such as novels, short stories, and dramas. He restructured the entire story and cut away what he thought were unnecessary elements of the novel."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pather_Panchali

Pay Dirt: Subsidies and the American Farmer

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:39:48 -0800

(16 votes - 9 comments - 529 views)
Another in the WTO series. Agricultural subsidies are usually one of the central issues that breaks down WTO agreements. From the looks of the 2007 proposed Farm Bill, subsidies are not going anywhere.

Charlie 'Bird' Parker & Coleman Hawkins: Ballade

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:13:28 -0800

(19 votes - 2 comments - 557 views)

Nichols & May in 'From Here to Refrigerator Sales'

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:16:53 -0800

(16 votes - 10 comments - 578 views)
You don't get that kind of sales pitch in Sears anymore.

Interkosmos: Utopian Communist Space Dance Party

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:11:46 -0800

(13 votes - 3 comments - 637 views)

The Bar-Kays: Soul Finger (1967)

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:03:48 -0700

(20 votes - 12 comments - 1072 views)
The coolest instrumental of the 1960s

Artie Shaw: Concerto for Clarinet

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:19:38 -0700

(15 votes - 2 comments - 585 views)

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys: Blue Prelude (awesome)

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:39:14 -0700

(19 votes - 11 comments - 612 views)

Glenn Miller + Nicholas Bros + Dandridge: Chatt Choo Choo

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:23:52 -0700

(14 votes - 5 comments - 471 views)

Bob Dylan: Lay Lady Lay (1977)

rickegee (http://history.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:35:44 -0700

(17 votes - 0 comments - 603 views)
Lay across my big brass bed . . .