Roma, città aperta = Rome open city /
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FilmPublisher number: CC2790BD-1 | The Criterion Collection | (disc) CC2790BD | The Criterion Collection | (set) Language: ita , ger Original language: ita Subtitle language: eng Series: Criterion collection ; 497. | Criterion collection ; 500. Publisher: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781681433387
- 1681433389
- 9781681433370
- 1681433370
- Città aperta
- English title on container and disc label: Rome, open city
- Open city
- German Occupation of Italy (1943-1945)
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama
- Nazis -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama
- Nazis
- Underground movements, War
- Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945 -- Drama
- Italy
- Italy -- Rome
- PN1997 .R66 2009
- Director of photography, Ubaldo Arata ; production design, Rosario Megna ; editor, Eraldo da Roma ; music, Renzo Rossellini ; conductor, Luigi Ricci.
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Recording | Carleton University, AVRC | SP456 - Collections Room | BLU-00341 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Rome open city (1945) | 16050309582 |
Originally released as an Italian motion picture in 1945.
"Under exclusive license from Cinecittà Luce s.p.a."--Disc label.
Issued as part of the boxed set: Roberto Rosellini's war trilogy (Criterion Collection 500)
Accompanied by booklet, issued in Germany year zero container of the boxed set, featuring essays by James Quandt, Irene Bignardi, Colin MacCabe, and Jonathan Rosenbaum.
1.37:1 aspect ratio.
4K digital restoration done in 2013.
Special features: video introduction by Roberto Rossellini (from 1963); Audio commentary featuring film scholar Peter Bondanella; "Once upon a time-- Rome open city" 2006 documentary by Marie Genin and Serge July, on the making of this historic film, featuring rare archival material and footage of Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Ingrid Bergman, and many others; "Adriano Aprà" video interview with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà; "Rossellini and the city" visual essay by film scholar Mark Shielon on Rossellini's use of the urban landscape in The war trilogy; "Father Virgilio Fantuzzi" video interview with film critic and friend of Rossellini, who discusses the filmmaker and the role of religion in Roma, città aperta.
Blu-ray; region A; LPCM 1.0 soundtrack; requires Blu-ray player.
Chiefly in Italian with some German; optional English subtitles.
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