The River - Criterion Collection
The River - Criterion Collection

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The River - Criterion Collection Specs:
Product NameThe River - Criterion Collection
ManufacturerCriterion Collection
Retail Price $29.95
EAN-1400037429202920
UPC037429202920
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Release Date2005-03-01
FormatDVD
Actor(s)Nora Swinburne, Patricia Walters, Arthur Shields
Director(s)Jean Renoir
RatingNot Rated
Num. of Items1
GenreDramas
Weight0.3 lbs.
Deal first added on:23-August-2005
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5 Star Rating  "Affectionate, lyrical glimpse of a childhood in India"2009-08-18
- Reviewed By User: A39IY0JU5JI69G
This lovely film leaves you with a calm feeling, like the realization that life flows, like a river, bringing pain and loss and joy and love but that it all evens out in the end. Perhaps it's the fact that the story, which seems to be drawn from the author's own life, is told from the distance of age. This gives it a patina, a bittersweet soft glow that acknowledges the emotions of life in a muted way. Maybe it's the fact that the author is English and she tells us of some painful events with typical English reserve.

Or maybe because Renoir was raised surrounded by beauty that he has the gift of bringing out the beauty of everyday human events. Perhaps it's a stretch to compare his films in any way to his famous father's paintings but Scorsese does so I will too. There is a roundness in painter Renoir's figures and an innate affection and pleasantness in the scenes that carries over into this film. One has the feeling that the father loved his subjects and so does the son. One is left feeling satisfied and pleased at the end.

And, the color and the visuals are those of an artist--no doubt about that!

The story is simple and, on the surface not a lot happens. But it's like life....three girls on the brink of adolescence get a crush on a visiting American ex-soldier who has lost a leg in the war. They quarrel and suffer their individual feelings in their pursuits of his attention, but as the wise mother says, it is for their own introduction to this phase of their lives. And also, it's helpful to the fellow, too. Her equanimity, as the girls sit and stew in their misery, exemplifies the spirit of the place. She also tells Harriet that the fact that she loves her husband makes the pain of childbirth a joy. We see a Hindu festival where the clay Goddess is celebrated and then returned to the river to dissolve. The events of the lives vary, from person to person, class to class, and race to race but they are all tied together by the still strong presence of the River, Life, which keeps on flowing. And yet the film doesn't show just a grim acceptance of life's woes. People are changed by their experiences. Both Captain John and Radha come to accept their feelings of being outcasts. That is the Western touch!

The film is odd by its very limitations. Lack of money prevented Renoir from hiring professional actors for most of the parts and their very amateur-ness is at first jarring. The fellow who plays Captain John, is really a terrible actor--he was chosen because he was a genuine amputee. But he plays a man who feels out of place, anyway, so his awkwardness suits the character. Then Radha, a classical Indian dancer, plays the mixed blood English/Indian girl. She performs her dance very well but her acting leaves a lot to be desired and she doesn't seem to have anything English about her. But again, her character feels alien, and after a while all of these characters mix up together in an unusual but nice soup. It works.

Initially I was a little disappointed in the film but it leaves a nice afterglow so I give it five stars. I liked the interviews with Renoir and Scorsese, too. I haven't watched the documentary featuring the author, yet, but since several reviewers here have praised it, I intend to watch it.
 
5 Star Rating  "a gem from India"2009-04-11
- Reviewed By User: A3LNE10O933M1I
very touching portrayal of India from the past. Depicts the culture and the human spirit that attempts to rise above the rules.
 
5 Star Rating  "A treasure in your collection!"2008-10-31
- Reviewed By User: A25XWECKAYL7Q1
This wonderful film attracted me long ago. It has given me a love of India that has never faded. It also helped me understand more of other cultures and religions. It is a beautiful story of young British expats and their families, a cultural mix and work of art. It's the story of young love, jealousy and bicultural marraige.
 
5 Star Rating  "Wonderful, Gentle Story About a British Girl Growing Up in Post War British India"2008-10-31
- Reviewed By lynnellingwood
This is my favorite Jean Renoir film. Yes, I love Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game but The River moves me more. The River is in English which may help but it is also the story and the Technicolor film. The story takes place in British India where a young woman is growing up and plans to be a writer. She writes about the people around her and incorporates British and Indian culture into her stories. The film is simple, straightforward and intensely moving. I first saw this film at the Dryden Theatre in Rochester, NY when the Martin Scorsesse funded restoration print was released. I was blown away. If you ever get the chance, go see it in the theatre. If not, the DVD is the next way to go. The extras and the Criterion Collection DVD are very well put together. Remember to watch Martin Scorsesse's discussion of the film. Highly recommended.
 
4 Star Rating  "Beautifully Evocative"2008-04-06
- Reviewed By nicejeff
I'm tempted to give this five stars but the storytelling is surprisingly tone deaf. Renoir clearly has little interest in the trials and travails of an English family living in India in the very first years after English Colonialism. The acting is untalented and the story is pedestrian. Puppy love and tragedy. In the end, The River seems like a an excellent documentary with a half-hearted story awkwardly interwoven in to give the documentary an unnecessary framework.

As the subject of a documentary, India is beautiful. Vibrant and alive with excellent cinematography. In brilliant, trance causing colors, sounds & rituals, the beauty and exoticism (to a foreign audience) is vividly brought to life. The Indian parts of the movie have a pulse, a beat, the English parts lack. The real star here is India and its people. Renoir loved his trip to India and The River is a kind of love letter to India. His way of saying thank you to a land and people who were very kind and enlightening to him.
 
5 Star Rating  "Expatriate coming of age in India"2007-10-11
- Reviewed By cvrcak1
What attracted me to this movie is its director - Jean Renoir. I have never seen any of his films and this one seemed to be a perfect choice. I was hoping to experience traditional Indian music and dance thru this movie and my wishes did come true. This is a wonderful story from the perspective of a young girl growing up in India. Her family is British and they are many children in that family, most of them girls. What struck me was that story is semi-autobiographical by the writer Rumer Gunnar. While naration and plot are really beautiful it is the extras and documentaries that prompted me to give this review 5 stars. I liked all documentaries available on this DVD, but most impressive one was personal story from the writer who created this work. I was deeply touched with her painful personal history and my next step will be to read some of her books since I find her to belong to a class of writers like Marguerite Duras and Isaak Dinesen. For anyone who wants to learn about the East from the westerner's point of view, this is the best choice to go about it. Perceptive, touching and enveloped in beauty of the magical land and its people.
 
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