Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy

 

Year: 1945 | 1946 | 1948

Time: 103 | 120 | 71 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 500

Release Date: July 11 2017

MSRP: $99.95

 

Blu-ray

3 Discs | BD-50

1.33:1 ratio

1.37:1 ratio

German 1.0 PCM Mono

Italian 1.0 PCM Mono

Subtitles: English

Regions A

 

 Video introduction by Roberto Rossellini from 1963   Audio commentary featuring film scholar Peter Bondanella   Once Upon a Time . . . “Rome Open City,” a 2006 documentary on the making of this historic film, featuring rare archival material and footage of Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Ingrid Bergman, and many others   New video interviews with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà   Rossellini and the City, a new visual essay by film scholar Mark Shiel (Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City) on Rossellini’s use of the urban landscape in the war trilogy   New video interview with film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi, who discusses the filmmaker and the role of religion in Rome Open City   Video introduction by Roberto Rossellini from 1963   New video interview with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà   Excerpts from rarely seen videotaped discussions Roberto Rossellini had in 1970 with faculty and students at Rice University about his craft   Into the Future, a new visual essay about the War Trilogy by film scholar Tag Gallagher   Video introduction by Roberto Rossellini from 1963   The Italian release opening credits and voice-over prologue   Roberto Rossellini, a 2001 documentary by Carlos Lizzani, assistant director on Germany Year Zero, tracing Rossellini’s career through archival footage and interviews with family members and collaborators, with tributes by filmmakers François Truffaut and Martin Scorsese   Letters from the Front: Carlos Lizzani on “Germany Year Zero,” a podium discussion with Lizzani from the 1987 Tutto Rossellini conference   New video interview with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà   Italian directors Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani (Padre padrone) discussing the profound influence Rossellini’s films have had on them   Roberto and Roswitha, a new illustrated essay by film scholar Thomas Meder on Rossellini’s relationship with his mistress Roswitha Schmidt   A booklet featuring essays by James Quandt, Irene Bignardi, Colin MacCabe, and Jonathan Rosenbaum