{"product_id":"the-big-city-668","title":"The Big City (#668)","description":"\u003cdiv data-sticky-column-left=\"\" class=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\" class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-image-url=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/ebb3e6ce6778a7c588010b39cba076a8\/GQbiSaCYwPh6PwpaBE6DWBLzID0Aqc_large.jpg\" data-product-name=\"The Big City\" data-product-sku=\"\" data-product-id=\"971\" data-segment-analtyics-tracking=\"\" class=\"product__details_contain_a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-summary\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big City,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe great Satyajit Ray’s first portrayal of contemporary life in his native Kolkata, follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee), who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. 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data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\" data-sticky-left-end=\"\" class=\"product-features collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapse-contain\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-feature-title-field=\"\" class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eBLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-special-features-field=\"\" class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew, restored 2K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with actor Madhabi Mukherjee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSatyajit Ray and the Modern Woman,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea new interview with Ray scholar Suranjan Ganguly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Coward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003ci\u003eKapurush,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1965), a short feature by Ray that also addresses modern female identity and stars Mukherjee and Soumitra Chatterjee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSatyajit Ray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1974), a documentary short by B. D. Garga\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew English subtitle translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by scholar Chandak Sengoopta and a 1980s interview with Ray by his biographer Andrew Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew cover by Marian Bantjes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45433187205164,"sku":"715515109314","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/the-big-city-668-new-blu-ray-715515109314-9124702.jpg?v=1775388187","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/the-big-city-668","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}