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The Big Picture Ghatashraddha, a pivotal-but-rarely-seen Indian film by Girish Kasaravalli is set to be restored in time for its 50th anniversary, thanks in part to Martin Scorsese and George Lucas. Led by India’s Film Heritage Foundation, the restoration will receive substantial support from Scorsese's World Cinema Project, as well as funding from George Lucas and MellodyHobson.
The English translation of the title, The Ritual, refers to a ritual performed by orthodox Brahmins to excommunicate women who rebelled against societal norms. Death rites are performed for the living as a means of condemning the outcasts in a form of symbolic death. Yamuna's pregnancy reveals her sexual relationship with a local schoolteacher, and her being pregnant is a crime unforgivable in the eyes of the traditionalists.
1:23 Related 10 Great International Movies Snubbed by the Oscars "It is a restless moment. She has kept her head lowered to give him a chance to come closer. But he could not, for lack of courage." This is why restorations like these are so important. If Ghatashraddha can hope to follow in Apu's footsteps, it will assuredly land a wider, much-deserved appreciation among international moviegoers.
One of the most notable releases overseen by the Project was Edward Yang's four-hour Taiwanese drama A Brighter Summer Day, certainly one of the greatest arthouse epics ever made, as well as the director's comparatively breezy sophomore effort Taipei Story. Restorations like these help showcase the importance and vitality of film movements from throughout history, like the Taiwanese New Wave frontrun by Yang, his compatriot Tsai Ming-Liang, and several others .
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