<p>From the age of ten to thirteen, Freddie Mercury was my hero and idol. His death of aids, at the age of 45, coincided with the end of my own childhood innocence. In this episode of the Cinema Love Letters podcast, I watch Satyajit Ray's PATHER PANCHALI (India, 1955), which came out when Freddie was ten years old and attending boarding school in India.</p>

From the age of ten to thirteen, Freddie Mercury was my hero and idol. His death of aids, at the age of 45, coincided with the end of my own childhood innocence. In this episode of the Cinema Love Letters podcast, I watch Satyajit Ray's PATHER PANCHALI (India, 1955), which came out when Freddie was ten years old and attending boarding school in India.

Dear Freddie Mercury - PATHER PANCHALI (1955)

Filmmaker Finn Szumlas watches movies for his loved ones, or with the people in mind who have fostered his growth as an artist and as a human being. The next morning, he gets up early and composes a handwritten, three page letter for these individuals. In the Cinema Love Letters podcast, Szumlas screens both the beloved classics from the canon of film history and more recent discoveries, and brings their sounds and images into contact with the intimate affections and thoughts he has for his friends, family and heroes.

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Filmmaker Finn Szumlas watches movies for his loved ones, or with the people in mind who have fostered his growth as an artist and as a human being. The next morning, he gets up early and composes a handwritten, three page letter for these individuals. In the Cinema Love Letters podcast, Szumlas screens both the beloved classics from the canon of film history and more recent discoveries, and brings their sounds and images into contact with the intimate affections and thoughts he has for his friends, family and heroes. https://www.patreon.com/finnszumlas

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