{"product_id":"the-cloud-capped-star-meghe-dhaka-tara-by-manishita-dass-9781838719999","title":"The Cloud-Capped Star (Meghe Dhaka Tara)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRitwik Ghatak’s \u003ci\u003eThe Cloud-Capped Star\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMeghe Dhaka Tara\u003c\/i\u003e, 1960) has been hailed as \u003cem\u003eone of the great classics of world cinema\u003c\/em\u003e (Adrian Martin), and \u003cem\u003eone of the five or six greatest melodramas in cinema history\u003c\/em\u003e (Serge Daney). A striking blend of modernist aesthetics and melodramatic force, it is arguably the best-known film by Ghatak, widely considered to be one of the most original, politically committed, and formally innovative filmmakers from India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe film’s focus on a family uprooted by the Partition of India and its powerful exploration of displacement and historical trauma gives it a renewed relevance in the midst of a global refugee crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eManishita Dass situates the film in its historical and cultural contexts and within Ghatak’s filmmaking career, and connects it to his theatrical work and his writings on film and theatre. Her close reading of the film locates its emotional and intellectual power in what she describes as its \u003cem\u003ecinematic theatricality\u003c\/em\u003e, and brings into focus Ghatak’s modernist experiments with melodramatic devices, his deliberate departures from cinematic realism, and distinctive use of sound and music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book draws on extensive archival research, excavates new layers of meaning, and offers fresh insights into the cosmopolitan cinematic sensibility of a director described as \u003cem\u003eone of the most neglected major filmmakers in the world\u003c\/em\u003e (Jonathan Rosenbaum).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599302639852,"sku":"9781838719999","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/bbc2adda7be222b700b87ab4c12877a0.jpg?v=1778023989","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-cloud-capped-star-meghe-dhaka-tara-by-manishita-dass-9781838719999","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}