| Description |
2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 355 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 355.
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| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono; widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions. |
| Cast |
Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale, Dante Di Pinto, Alberto Canocchia, Carlo Fermariello, Terenzio Cordova, Gaetano Grimaldi Filioli, Angelo D'Alessandro, Vincenzo Metafora, Danv Paris. |
| Credits |
Direttore della fotografia, Gianni Di Venanzo ; montaggio [editor], Mario Serandrei ; musica, Piero Piccioni. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an Italian motion picture in 1963. |
| Summary |
The structure of power and the facade of democracy are explored in this political exposé of corruption in Naples. Following the fatal collapse of a tenement building, an investigation reveals that profits from municipal developments are going to city council members and developers in backroom negotiations. |
| Contents |
Bellavista -- Sant'Andrea alley -- "Our hands are clean" -- Councillor Edoardo Nottola -- Inquiry committee -- Reviewing the details -- "Wretched natural causes" -- Hospital visit -- Maglione, leader of the right -- Eviction day -- Water, gas, electricity -- De Vita's moral question -- Cards on the table -- Nottola's men -- Late-night gambling -- Clearing his name -- Balsamo's conscience -- Election eve -- New mayor, new majority -- Peace agreement -- De Vita's final motion -- Cycle continues -- Color bars. |
| Note |
Disc 2: The supplements: Francesco Rosi [featurette] (14 min.); Tullio Kezich [featurette] (5 min.); Rosi, La Capria, Michel Ciment [featurette] (16 min.); Jean-Pierre Gorin [featurette] (11 min.); Diaro Napoletano di Franceso Rosi [Neopolitan diary] [featurette] (1992) (90 min.); Booklet includes essay "Confidential Reports: the investigative thrillers of Francesco Rosi" by Stuart Klawans and "An interview with Francesco Rosi." |
| Language |
In Italian with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Real estate development -- Drama.
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Housing developers -- Drama.
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Political corruption -- Drama.
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Naples (Italy) -- Drama.
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Naples (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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Melodrama.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Rosi, Francesco.
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La Capria, Raffaele, 1922-2022
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Provenzale, Enzo.
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Forcella, Enzo.
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Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002.
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Randone, Salvo, 1906-1991.
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Alberti, Guido, 1909-1996.
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Cannavale, Marcello.
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Canocchia, Alberto.
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Fermariello, Carlo.
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D'Alessandro, Angelo.
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Piccioni, Piero.
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Janus Films.
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Galatea Film.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Hands over the city |
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Neapolitan diary.
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| ISBN |
0780028015 |
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9780780028012 |
| Standard No. |
037429187524 |
| Music No. |
MAN260 Criterion Collection |
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