Rome Open City, Paisan, Germany Year Zero: Filmed mostly on the streets in newly-liberated territory, Roberto Rossellini’s gripping war-related shows are blessed with new restorations but still reflect their rough origins. The second picture, the greater masterpiece, looks as if it were improvised out of sheer artistic will.
Roberto Rosselini’s War Trilogy
Rome Open City, Paisan, Germany Year Zero
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 500 (497, 498, 499)
1945-1948 / B&W / 1:37 & 1:33 flat full frame / 302 minutes / Street Date July 11, 2017 / available from the Criterion Collection 79.96
Starring: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani; Dots Johnson, Harriet White Medin; Edmund Moeschke, Franz-Otto Krüger.
Cinematography: Ubaldo Arata; Otello Martelli; Robert Julliard.
Film Editor: Eraldo Da Roma
Original Music: Renzo Rossellini
Written by Sergio Amidei, Alberto Consiglio, Federico Fellini; Klaus Mann, Marcello Pagliero, Alfred Hayes, Vasco Pratolini; Max Kolpé, Carlo Lizzani.
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Criterion released an identical-for-content DVD set of this trilogy in 2010; the new Blu-ray...
Roberto Rosselini’s War Trilogy
Rome Open City, Paisan, Germany Year Zero
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 500 (497, 498, 499)
1945-1948 / B&W / 1:37 & 1:33 flat full frame / 302 minutes / Street Date July 11, 2017 / available from the Criterion Collection 79.96
Starring: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani; Dots Johnson, Harriet White Medin; Edmund Moeschke, Franz-Otto Krüger.
Cinematography: Ubaldo Arata; Otello Martelli; Robert Julliard.
Film Editor: Eraldo Da Roma
Original Music: Renzo Rossellini
Written by Sergio Amidei, Alberto Consiglio, Federico Fellini; Klaus Mann, Marcello Pagliero, Alfred Hayes, Vasco Pratolini; Max Kolpé, Carlo Lizzani.
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Criterion released an identical-for-content DVD set of this trilogy in 2010; the new Blu-ray...
- 6/19/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
It’s almost February and some really great movies are hitting store shelves this week for the first time and for the first time on Blu-ray. This week’s releases include This Is It, Surrogates, Whip It, Saw IV, the complete run of NBC’s canceled-too-soon Southland and the Blu-ray release of Wim Wenders’ classic Paris, Texas with Nastassja Kinski and Harry Dean Stanton. (pictured above).
Check out this week’s new releases:
Movies
Atonement ~ James McAvoy (Blu-ray)
Bright Star ~ Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw (Blu-ray and DVD)
Fame (1980) ~ Irene Cara (Blu-ray)
Give ‘Em Hell Malone ~ Doug Hutchison, Thomas Jane (Blu-ray and DVD)
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell ~ Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults (Blu-ray and DVD)
IMAX: Wild Ocean ~ (Blu-ray)
Little Ashes ~ Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson (Blu-ray and DVD)
Michael Jackson: This Is It ~ Michael Jackson (Blu-ray and DVD)
Paris, Texas (Criterion Collection) ~ Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell...
Check out this week’s new releases:
Movies
Atonement ~ James McAvoy (Blu-ray)
Bright Star ~ Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw (Blu-ray and DVD)
Fame (1980) ~ Irene Cara (Blu-ray)
Give ‘Em Hell Malone ~ Doug Hutchison, Thomas Jane (Blu-ray and DVD)
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell ~ Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults (Blu-ray and DVD)
IMAX: Wild Ocean ~ (Blu-ray)
Little Ashes ~ Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson (Blu-ray and DVD)
Michael Jackson: This Is It ~ Michael Jackson (Blu-ray and DVD)
Paris, Texas (Criterion Collection) ~ Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell...
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- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
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