"Two" short film by Satyajit ray you should not miss
The Philosophy Of 'TWO' SATYAJIT RAY'S SHORT FILM:
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Satyajit ray's short film 'two' |
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Produced by
Esso
World Theater
Screenplay by Satyajit Ray
Cast:
Ravi Kiran as Rich Kid
Un-credited Street Kid
Cinematography Soumendu
Roy
Edited by
Dulal Dutta
Rating: 7.7 iMDB
Release date: 1964 (don’t know the exact date)
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Running time 12
minutes
Country India
Language No dialogue
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Satyajit Ray |
Two (1964 film) Two: A Film Fable is 1964, black-and-white
short film directed by the Indian director Satyajit Ray. The film was made
under the banner of Esso World Theater at the request of a non-profit American
public broadcasting television, PBS. It was made as part of a trilogy of short
films from India. The other two films in the trilogy featured Indian Sitar
player, Pandit Ravi Shankar and a Ballet troupe from Mumbai, then known as
"Bombay". Ray, who worked prominently for Bengali cinema, was
requested to make a film in the English language with a Bengali setting, however
Ray being an admirer of the silent film decided to make a film without any dialogue
as a tribute to the genre. Academy Film Archive, part of the
Academy Foundation took an initiative to restore Satyajit Ray's films and
could successfully restore 19 Ray films. Two were preserved in 2006. The film's
original script was included in a book named Original English Film Scripts
Satyajit Ray put together by Ray's son Sandip Ray.
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Rich kid |
Movie Plot
The film begins with a rich kid (Ravi Kiran) shown to be playing
with his toys and enjoying the bottled soft drink possibly symbolizing the
imperialist capitalist First World. While playing, he overhears a sound and
curiously overlooks the window to see a slum kid playing the flute, possibly
symbolizing the exploited Third World. In order to show his toys, the rich kid
takes out his toy trumpet to make loud sounds. The street kid then goes back to
his hut and returns playing a small drum to which rich kid shows his
battery-powered monkey drummer toy. When the street kid comes out home-made
mask and bow and arrow, rich kid wears various masks including one of a demon,
native American and Cowboy brandishing swords, spears, and guns. Disappointed,
the street kid returns to his hut and the rich kid also goes back to play with
his toys with a sense of sadistic satisfaction.
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Street Kid |
While playing, the rich kid notices a kite flying in the sky,
through the window. Curious to know who is flying the kite, the rich kid runs
to the window to see the slum kid holding the kite string, Manja. Furious on
seeing the street kid happily flying the kite, the rich kid gets his slingshot
to attack the kite. Unable to aim properly, he then gets his toy air-rifle and successfully
shoots down the kite and taunts the poor street kid with a sense of cruel
satisfaction. The Street kid then returns to his hut with tears in his innocent
eyes and a torn kite and gives up on trying to be friends with the rich kid.
The rich kid then comes back to his toys and starts playing all
of them, with each making its own sound. The film ends when a rich kid could
still, hear the flute sound through the window in spite of the loud noises of
his toys and ponders over his deeds as the toy robot he had left playing hits
the toy tower and makes it fall to the ground.
The Philosophy Of 'TWO' SATYAJIT RAY'S SHORT FILM: Since it was made during the Vietnam War, it is very probable that
the rich bossy kid and the poor street kid are personifications of the United The states of America and Vietnam respectively.
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