Franco Cristaldi
1) Amarcord
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Memories of episodes about love, sex, politics, family life and growing up in a small Italian town in the 1930's.
2) Amarcord
Series
Criterion collection volume 4
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (63 p. : col. ill., port. ; 19 cm.)
Description
Federico Fellini satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals in this portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period.
4) The red tent
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the saga of the ill-fated 1928 Arctic expedition headed by Italian Unberto Nobile. After the crash of their dirigible, Italia, the survivors huddle in their makeshift red canvas dwelling, desperately sending out S.O.S. signals.
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young boy in a small Italian village is befriended by the projectionist at the movie theater, the Cinema Paradiso. As the boy grows up, he learns to love films, and is encouraged by his good friend to pursue his dream of one day making movies.
Series
Criterion collection volume 610
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In turn-of-the-twentieth-century Turin, an accident in a textile factory incites workers to stage a walkout. But it's not until they receive unexpected aid from a traveling professor that they find a voice, unite, and stand up for themselves. This historical drama by Mario Monicelli is a beautiful and moving ode to the power of the people, brimming with humor and honesty.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young Italian boy, the son of a brutal kidnapper, is the only survivor when his family is killed by a rival gang. The boy flees, pursued by the police and the killers, and searches for a new life with a loving family unlike his own and an end to his family's history of criminal behavior.
Series
Criterion collection volume 286
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A man falls in love with a younger woman, but he is married and divorce is illegal. To get what he wants, he begins an elaborate scheme to kill his wife.
9) The assassin
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Description
Thirty-something antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is arrested on suspicion of murdering his older, far wealthier lover Adalgisa. But as the increasingly Kafkaesque police investigation proceeds, it becomes less and less important whether Martelli actually committed the crime as his entire lifestyle is effectively put on trial.