Poll: Ray - The Inspiration

Results of 213 votes:

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   Christopher Nolan

    

   "I have had the pleasure of watching Mr Ray's 'Pather Panchali' recently, which I hadn't seen before. I think it is one of the best films ever made. It is an extraordinary piece of work."
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   Martin Scorsese

    

   "I'm totally in awe of the movie Kalpana. It’s a genuine dance film. In other words, a film which is not just about dance, but there is dance in movement, composition and energy... I‘m also a big…
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   Keanu Reeves

    

   "My only understanding of India (in his younger days) was through the Satyajit Ray films I watched in film festival after film festival. They are incredible. That is how I perceive India — real, …
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   Akira Kurosawa

    

   "The quiet but deep observation, understanding and love of the human race, which are characteristic of all his films, have impressed me greatly. … I feel that he is a “giant” of the movie industr…
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   Wes Anderson

    

   "I started to go [to India] because I wanted to work there. Satyajit Ray’s films are part of what drew me to India, and I’ve seen and know a lot of his work… For me, Ray was one of the ideal role…
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   Meryl Streep

    

   "His handling of actress Madhabi Mukherjee in Charulata shows how much respect and dignity Ray gave to his actresses. That itself is the hallmark of a true director. I have not an iota of doubt t…
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   Audrey Hepburn

    

   "The Academy Board of Governors has voted to award an Honorary Oscar to the great Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Academy recognizes Mr Ray’s rare mastery of the arts of motion pictures and his pr…
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   Francis Ford Coppola

    

   "Whenever someone speaks from Kolkata, I remember Satyajit Ray's call, praising me for 'Godfather I'. He complimented me particularly for my discovery, Al Pacino, whom he considered the best acto…
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   George Lucas

    

   "When I went to college we studied the Satyajit Ray period of Indian cinema, and was very important to us as film students."
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    Julia Roberts

     

    "Not even in Hollywood do we have a director of Ray’s caliber today. When special effects and technical superiority were unknown to the cinema, he created masterpieces in the simplest form. I sti…
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    Elia Kazan

     

    "I have admired his films for many years and for me he is the filmic voice of India, speaking for the people of all classes of the country…He is the most sensitive and eloquent artist and it can …