Actor: Carmela Sazio, Gar Moore, William Tubbs, Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi Director: Roberto Rossellini Genre: Foreign Video - Italian Year: N/A Studio:Criterion Length: 302 Released:January 26, 2010 Rating:Not Rated (MPAA Rating) Format: DVD Misc:Black & White Language: Italian Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after World War II — Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Ground Zero — that he left his first transformative mark on cinema. With their stripped-down aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were international sensations and effectively launched the neorealist movement. Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany, these three films are some of our most lasting, humane documents of devastated postwar Europe, containing universal images that encompass both tragedy and hope.
Special Features
New, restored high-definition digital transfers Video introductions by Roberto Rossellini to all three films (1963) New video interviews with Adriano Apra, Virgilio Fantuzzi & more! Audio commentary on Rome Open City by film scholar Peter Bondanella Once Upon a Time . . . Rome Open City, a 2006 documentary on the making of "Rossellini and the City" film scholar Mark Shiel Excerpts from a Rossellini discussion at Rice University (1970) "Into the Future," a new visual essay about the War Trilogy "Roberto Rossellini," a 2001 documentary by Carlo Lizzani Letters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on Germany Year Zero Italian credits and prologue for Germany Year Zero New illustrated essay by film scholar Thomas Meder New and improved English subtitle translations PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by director Irene Bignardi and others
Actor: Carmela Sazio, Gar Moore, William Tubbs, Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi Director: Roberto Rossellini Genre: Foreign Video - Italian Year: N/A Studio:Criterion Length: 302 Released:January 26, 2010 Rating:Not Rated (MPAA Rating) Format: DVD Misc:Black & White Language: Italian Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after World War II — Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Ground Zero — that he left his first transformative mark on cinema. With their stripped-down aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were international sensations and effectively launched the neorealist movement. Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany, these three films are some of our most lasting, humane documents of devastated postwar Europe, containing universal images that encompass both tragedy and hope.
Special Features
New, restored high-definition digital transfers Video introductions by Roberto Rossellini to all three films (1963) New video interviews with Adriano Apra, Virgilio Fantuzzi & more! Audio commentary on Rome Open City by film scholar Peter Bondanella Once Upon a Time . . . Rome Open City, a 2006 documentary on the making of "Rossellini and the City" film scholar Mark Shiel Excerpts from a Rossellini discussion at Rice University (1970) "Into the Future," a new visual essay about the War Trilogy "Roberto Rossellini," a 2001 documentary by Carlo Lizzani Letters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on Germany Year Zero Italian credits and prologue for Germany Year Zero New illustrated essay by film scholar Thomas Meder New and improved English subtitle translations PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by director Irene Bignardi and others
