The Music Room: The Criterion Collection [Blu-ray] Reviews

Struggling against societal change while the world passes one by is a frequent movie theme, but that makes it no less effective in the hands of director Satyajit Ray with his masterful The Music Room. In his fourth venture behind the camera, Ray keeps everything rather simple and basic here, and the effect is frankly devastating, a melancholy look at a man’s life crumbling apart before his eyes. What he does as a defiant gesture to the encroaching world of change will likely haunt the viewer for days after viewing the movie. Be prepared, however, for some lengthy musical passages as befit the subject matter of the story.

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