| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (109 min.) : DVD video, sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 792 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 792.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital monaural. |
| Language |
In Italian with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Checco Rissone, Nico Pepe, Adriana Sivieri, Lia Corelli, Maria Grazia Francia, Dedi Ristori, Anna Maestri, Mariemma Bardi, Maria Capuzzo, Isabella Zennaro, Carlo Mazzarella, Ermanno Randi, Antonio Nediani, Mariano Englen. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Otello Martelli ; editor, Gabriele Varriale ; costume designer, Anna Gobbi ; music by Goffredo Petrassi. |
| Note |
Originally released as motion picture in 1949. |
| Summary |
During planting season in Northern Italy's Po Valley, an earthy rice-field worker falls in with a small-time criminal who is planning adaring heist of the crop, as well as his femme-fatale-ish girlfriend. Both a socially conscious look at the hardships endured by underpaid field workers and a melodrama tinged with sex and violence, this early smash is neorealism with a heaping dose of pulp. |
| Note |
Special features: Giuseppe de Santis (2008 documentary by Carlo Lizzani covers the career of the director, especially his groundbreaking work in the early days of Italian neorealism, 53 min.); Carlo Lizzani (2002 interview with the screenwriter, discusses the process of writing the script and working with the director); Trailer. Insert includes an essay by critic Pasquale Iannone. |
| Subject |
Agricultural laborers -- Italy -- Drama.
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Criminals -- Italy -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Italy -- Drama.
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Rice farming -- Italy -- Drama.
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Italy -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Erotic films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
De Santis, Giuseppe, 1917-1997, film director, screenwriter.
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De Laurentiis, Dino, film producer.
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Lizzani, Carlo, screenwriter.
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Puccini, Gianni, 1914-1968, screenwriter.
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Alvaro, Corrado, 1895-1956, screenwriter.
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Musso, Carlo, screenwriter.
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Perilli, Ivo, 1902-1994, screenwriter.
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Gassman, Vittorio, actor.
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Dowling, Doris, 1921-2004, actor.
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Mangano, Silvana, 1930-1989, actor.
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Vallone, Raf, actor.
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Rissone, Checco, 1909-1985, actor.
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Pepe, Nico, 1907-1987, actor.
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Francia, Maria Grazia, 1931- actor.
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Nediani, Antonio, 1921- actor.
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Martelli, Otello, 1903-2000, director of photography.
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Varriale, Gabriele, editor of moving image work.
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Gobbi, Anna, 1918- costume designer.
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Petrassi, Goffredo, 1904-2003, composer (expression)
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Iannone, Pasquale (Film critic), writer of supplementary textual content.
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Lux film (Firm), production company.
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| Added Title |
Bitter rice |
| ISBN |
1681430924 |
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9781681430928 |
| Standard No. |
715515165211 |
| Music No. |
CC2567D Criterion Collection |
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