Special Features
New 4K digital restorations of all three films, undertaken in collaboration with thee Academy Film Archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and L'Immagine Ritrovata; Audio recordings from 1958 of director Satyajit Ray reading his essay "A Long Time on the Little Road" and in conversation with film historian Gideon Bachmann; New interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Shampa Srivastava, and Sharmila Tagore; camera assistant Soumendu Roy; and film writer Ujjal Chakraborty; Making "The Apu Trilogy": Satyajit Ray's Epic Debut, a new video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson; "The Apu Trilogy": A Closer Look, a new program featuring filmmaker, producer, and teacher Mamoun Hassan; Excerpts from the 2003 documentary The Song of the Little Road, featuring composer Ravi Shankar; The Creative Person: "Satyajit Ray," a 1967 half-hour documentary by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta; Footage of Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992; New programs on the restorations by filmmaker ::koganada