No budget film post-production. Satyajit Ray's debut film, "Pather Panchali" (1955), which was produced on a budget of Along with the other films in Ray's "The Apu Trilogy" the film is frequently listed among the greatest films of all time. In 1960, Ron Rice released "The Flower Thief", starring Taylor Mead, to a positive reception. The film was produced for less than $1000 using black-and-white 16mm 50' film cartridges left over from aerial gunnery equipment used during World War II. In the early 1960s, filmmaker Jack Smith used discarded color-reversal film stock to film "Flaming Creatures". John Waters' 1964 black-and-white film "Hag in
Apur Panchali lost-in-the-crowd Subir initially doesn't want to receive the letter but he eventually agrees after Arka convinces him. Subir recounts his days working for Pather Panchali to Arka. They also visit an old broken house where the film was shot. Arka collects a brick from the house as a souvenir. Later, as they prepare for their journey to Germany, Subir narrates his life story to Arka. After Subir's brother went away to work in Dhanbad, Subir; now in his 20s; had to give up his football career to take care of his ill father and help his mother in her household