The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1960 Page: 3 of 8
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, I960
THI THRESHER
Three
Contemporary Arts Will Present
Acclaimed Motion Picture Tonight
With "The World of Apu," to
be shown in the Prudential Build-
ing auditorium by the Contem-
porary Arts Association at 7:30
and 9:30 on December 9, Satay-
ajit Ray brings his saga of In-
dian life to a close.
The tale b^an w|th "Father
Panchali," which was Ray's first
attempt at filming, and continued
through "Aparajito." Often ac-
claimed as the finest series ever
filmed, all three movies were
based on Bibhutibhusan Banner-
jis novel, "Aparajito." ("The Un-
vanquished").
The other two pictures were
shown last year. Producer and di-
rector of the trilogy, Ray also
adapted the flim plays from the
novel.
CRITICS HAVE been universal
in their praise of "APU," which
was released in New York this
fall, as they were of the two
earlier segments of the cinematic
triptych. The New York Times
editorial page praised it as a
- work of art which "transcends na-
tional borders and enables view-
ers in this country not merely
to be entertained but to be en-
lightened in a luminous way." The
same newspaper's film critic said
that "The Wox-ld of Apu," the
fulfillment of the trilogy, "honors
the screen."
As the film begins, Apu is liv-
ing alone in a squalid room in
Calcutta, feeling he is destined to
become one of India's great writ-
ers, working on a novel. A chance
visit to a country wedding finds
him a bridegroom when the in-
tended groom is discovered to be
insane before the wedding. Apu,
to save the bride from a curse
if she is not wed at the appointed
hour, marries her.
THE MARRIAGE, begun by
chance, becomes a marriage of
deep love. The happiness of Apu
and his bride, Aparna, lasts just
one year before Aparna dies in
childbirth. Deprived of the beau-
ty and purpose of his marriage,
Apu abandons his son and wan-
ders over India trying to come
to terms with his grief. Ray's
tale of Apu ends with the begin-
ning of another cycle of life when
Apu returns to his five-year-old
son.
Principal players in "The
World of Apu" are Soumitra
Chatterjee as Apu, Sarmilla Ta-
gore as his bride and Smn. Alok
Chakravarty as Apu's son.
A $1 CONTRIBUTION to the
Contemporary Arts Museum will
be necessary for admittance to
the movie. Contributions may be
made at the museum building
(adjacent to the Prudential build-
ing) prior to each performance.
❖ * *
A program of contemporary re-
ligious music, including new com-
positions for harp and tuba and
Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony
of Carlos" for women's voices
and harp, will be presented at the
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Contemporary Arts Museum Sun-
day, December 11, at 4:30 pm.
There will be no admission
charge for members, $1 for
others. The concert will be given
in the museum building.
'Ole' Matador' At
U of H Next Week
"Ole Matador," a Spanish
film with English subtitles, will
be shown December 14, 15, and
16 at 8 pm in the M. D. Ander-
son Auditorium in the Univer-
sity of Houston Library.
Admission is fifty cents and
will be available at the door.
Plans Now Being Prepared
For '61 Archi-Arts Pageant
Preliminary plans for the 1961
Archi-Arts are under way and
nearly completed, accox-ding to
Bob Mattox, president of the Rice
Architectural Society, the spon-
sor of the annual dance and pag-
eant. Mattox stated that, while
these plans are not now com-
plete enough for announeement,
a theme has been tentatively
chosen, contracts have been
signed for the site and the or-
chestra, and the honorees have
been selected.
ARCHI-ARTS IS an annual
project of the Architectural So-
ciety. Proceeds from the ticket
sales and patron bids finance the
William Ward Watkin Traveling
Fellowship in Architecture, for
European study.
The Fellowship is awarded an-
nually to a recent graduate of the
Department of Architecture at
Rice; it usually amounts to
$1500.00 for the first prize, and
$500.00 for the second prize. Last
year's winner was Doug Roberts
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a mem-
ber of the class of 1959.
Other past winners include Ar-
thur Jones (1947), an associate
with Lloyd and Morgan, archi-
tects for Jones College and Rice
Stadium, and A. A. Leifeste,
(1941), Assistant Professor of
Architecture at Rice.
FOWLER . . .
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The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1960, newspaper, December 9, 1960; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231165/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.