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For the second time in my life I watched Satyajit Ray's The
Hero made in 1966. It's the most perfectly realised film. Set
in a train—a convention that when successful, seems to bring
out the best in writers and directors or in this case the one
amazing man who even wrote the music. The cast is strong on every
level. There are no small actors in this one. I do believe that
Ray is one of the greatest talents, not just in film, but a broad
literary, dramatic, artisitic talent that is as great as anyone
in any other art form in the 20th century. I'll never forget the
mosquitoes dancing on the surface of the water in Pather
Panchali.
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