L'Inde fantôme: Reflexions sur un voyage is a 1969 French seven part television documentary miniseries about India, directed by Louis Malle. It was shown on BBC television as Phantom India.[1]
Malle later said that the film was his most personal work and the one he was most proud of, it is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of his career. It was initially inspired by a two-month trip to India in late 1967 that Malle made on behalf of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present a selection of "new French cinema" throughout the country. Filming took place between January 5, 1968, and May 1, 1968, with a crew of two, a cameraman and a sound recordist. Malle arrived in India with no particular plans and financed the trip himself. The resulting 30 hours of footage was then edited down to the 363 minutes of Phantom India. The 105-minute-long Calcutta used the footage he had recorded over his three-week stay in that city. Phantom India was shown on French television and the BBC in the UK in 1969.[2][3] Many British Indians and the Indian Government felt that Malle had shown a one-sided portrait of India, focusing on the impoverished, rather than the developing, parts of the country. A diplomatic incident occurred when the Indian government asked the BBC to stop broadcasting the programme. The BBC refused and were briefly asked to leave their New Delhi bureau.[4]
Episodesedit
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Title
Original air date
1
"The Impossible Camera"
1969 (1969)
2
"Things Seen in Madras"
1969 (1969)
3
"The Indians and the Sacred"
1969 (1969)
4
"Dreams and Reality"
1969 (1969)
5
"A Look at the Castes"
1969 (1969)
6
"On the Fringes of Indian Society"
1969 (1969)
7
"Bombay: The Future India"
1969 (1969)
Referencesedit
^Sylvie Blum-Reid (2003). East-West Encounters: Franco-Asian Cinema and Literature. Wallflower Press. pp. 91–. ISBN978-1-903364-67-3.
^Koresky, Michael Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Malle criterion.com
^. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^Frey, Hugo Phantom India in Aiken, Ian (Ed.) The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, p. 714, Routledge, 2013
phantom, india, inde, fantôme, reflexions, voyage, 1969, french, seven, part, television, documentary, miniseries, about, india, directed, louis, malle, shown, television, inde, fantôme, reflexions, voyagegenredocumentarydirected, bylouis, mallenarrated, bylou. L Inde fantome Reflexions sur un voyage is a 1969 French seven part television documentary miniseries about India directed by Louis Malle It was shown on BBC television as Phantom India 1 Phantom IndiaL Inde fantome Reflexions sur un voyageGenreDocumentaryDirected byLouis MalleNarrated byLouis MalleCountry of originFranceIndiaNo of episodes7ProductionProducerLouis KastnerCinematographyEtienne BeckerEditorSuzanne BaronRunning time363Malle later said that the film was his most personal work and the one he was most proud of it is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of his career It was initially inspired by a two month trip to India in late 1967 that Malle made on behalf of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present a selection of new French cinema throughout the country Filming took place between January 5 1968 and May 1 1968 with a crew of two a cameraman and a sound recordist Malle arrived in India with no particular plans and financed the trip himself The resulting 30 hours of footage was then edited down to the 363 minutes of Phantom India The 105 minute long Calcutta used the footage he had recorded over his three week stay in that city Phantom India was shown on French television and the BBC in the UK in 1969 2 3 Many British Indians and the Indian Government felt that Malle had shown a one sided portrait of India focusing on the impoverished rather than the developing parts of the country A diplomatic incident occurred when the Indian government asked the BBC to stop broadcasting the programme The BBC refused and were briefly asked to leave their New Delhi bureau 4 Episodes edit Title Original air date1 The Impossible Camera 1969 1969 2 Things Seen in Madras 1969 1969 3 The Indians and the Sacred 1969 1969 4 Dreams and Reality 1969 1969 5 A Look at the Castes 1969 1969 6 On the Fringes of Indian Society 1969 1969 7 Bombay The Future India 1969 1969 References edit Sylvie Blum Reid 2003 East West Encounters Franco Asian Cinema and Literature Wallflower Press pp 91 ISBN 978 1 903364 67 3 Koresky Michael Eclipse Series 2 The Documentaries of Louis Malle criterion com Phantom India 1969 The New York Times Archived from the original on 9 October 2014 Retrieved 4 September 2022 Frey Hugo Phantom India in Aiken Ian Ed The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film p 714 Routledge 2013External links editPhantom India at IMDb nbsp nbsp This French television programme related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a documentary television show is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phantom India amp oldid 1149176809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
