Music Room Blu-ray

'The Music Room' Director: Satyajit Ray (1958) Criterion Collection Blu-ray | HD restoration | Bengali w/ English subtitles

Acclaimed melancholic drama. An aristocrat of declining wealth desperately clings on to his family's fading prestige. In flashback we see that his greatest joy over the years has been hosting lavish concerts in the now crumbling opulence of the palace's music room. 

Special features include:
- Satyajit Ray (1984), a feature documentary by Shyam Benegal that chronicles Ray’s career through interviews with the filmmaker, family photographs, and extensive clips from his films
- Interviews with Satyajit Ray biographer Andrew Robinson and filmmaker Mira Nair
- Excerpt from a 1981 French roundtable discussion with Ray, film critic Michel Ciment, and director Claude Sautet
- Essay by critic Philip Kemp, a 1963 essay by Ray on the film’s location, and a 1986 interview with the director about the film’s music