Italian Films on DVD

[L.A.]

^ Thanks for the info. And very nice blog you have there, Saimo!

[ellipsis7]

Is Ermanno Olmi's two-discer (released by Instituto Luce) of The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) possibly still available?

I am afraid the first edition with English subs is now hard to find.

A new copy is up for sale for €19.90 + shipping currently on Ebay.it here (but hurry)...

[Saimo]

And very nice blog you have there, Saimo!

Thanks for your kind words. I' ll try to keep it updated on a weekly basis... Meanwhile, spread the word

[ellipsis7]

That Cristaldi BR of LE NOTTI BIANCHE has Eng subs according to Amazon.it...

[Saimo]

That is highly likely, since the Cristaldi DVD already had subs.

[ellipsis7]

Great to know, Simone, so will definitely be picking this up... Wonder then what next will on the Cristaldi slate for BR upgrade?... Love the new blog BTW!...

[TMDaines]

Cristaldi are the most exciting label out there this year. On DVD they're releasing lots of new stuff for the very first time. I'm far more interested to see this than have the same Blu-rays released by all the bigger labels repeatedly.

[Saimo]

Il gabbiano (The Seagull, 1977) by Marco Bellocchio
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[TMDaines]

I've meant to do a blog on English-friendly DVDs from Germany and Italy for ages to highlight all the good stuff. I'm glad to see you're doing one. RHV have put out quite a few English-friendly Bellocchios.

[Saimo]

I've meant to do a blog on English-friendly DVDs from Germany and Italy for ages to highlight all the good stuff. I'm glad to see you're doing one.

If you have any contribution or question, you are welcome.

RHV have put out quite a few English-friendly Bellocchios.

Most Italian labels don't subtitle their DVDs because they wouldn't recover their cost. As far as possible, RHV tries to include English or French subtitles, but for many of their most obscure titles this would be simply too expensive...

[Saimo]

Ripley's Home Video has just sent me a complete list of their English-friendly releases. I think this could be of general interest:

English subtitles
1. 1860
2. 4 passi fra le nuvole
3. A luci spente
4. Action
5. Un altro pianeta
6. L'amore e basta
7. By Giulio Questi
8. Un caso d'incoscienza
9. Colpire al cuore
10. Il Cristo proibito
11. Custodes bestiae
12. Una donna ha ucciso
13. Fantasmi - Italian Ghost Stories
14. Fermo posta Tinto Brass
15. Il gabbiano
16. Gelosia
17. Il generale dell'armata morta
18. Immacolata e Concetta, l'altra gelosia
19. La maschera del demonio
20. Nel gorgo del peccato
21. Nero.
22. Le occasioni di Rosa
23. Gli occhi, la bocca
24. Oci ciornie
25. Ossessione
26. Pasolini prossimo nostro
27. Per un pugno di dollari (also available on BD)
28. Prima della rivoluzione (also available on BD)
29. Il sapore del grano
30. Gli sbandati
31. La signora di tutti
32. Sopralluoghi in Palestina
33. La terra trema
34. L'uomo privato
35. La vela incantata
36. L'invenzione di Morel

English audio
37. Ad ogni costo
38. L'amore necessario
39. Assassination
40. Caccia alla vedova
41. La calda vita
42. La città si difende
43. Città violenta (also available on BD)
44. Duello nel Texas
45. Goliath contro i giganti
46. Mio caro Dottor Gräsler
47. Le pistole non discutono
48. Sacco e Vanzetti (also available on BD)
49. Sansone
50. Sette donne per i Mac Gregor
51. Sette pistole per i Mac Gregor
52. La tarantola dal ventre nero
53. L'ultimo uomo della terra
54. Yvonne la nuit

[ellipsis7]

Really useful, thanks Saimo...

[TMDaines]

It's worth highlighting that pretty much all of their releases have Italian subtitles too - and the majority of the classic and arthouse titles will have fansubs online.

Some of the English audios must just be "foreign market" dubs though, i.e. La città si difende. It's not a surprise that most of them are Westerns or genre films.

[ellipsis7]

Ordered IL CRISTO PROIBITO (1951), Curzio Malaparte's only film which he both wrote, directed and scored... He, also, who built in 1937- his modernist Villa Malaparte on the eastern side of Capri overlooking the sea, which featured so centrally in Godard's LE MEPRIS...

[Saimo]

Riso amaro (Bitter Rice, 1949) by Giuseppe De Santis
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[Saimo]

La vita che vorrei (The Life I Want, 2004)
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[Saimo]

L'onorevole Angelina (Angelina, 1947) by Luigi Zampa. A Capra-esque comedy starring (and co-written by) Anna Magnani
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[ellipsis7]

That is highly likely, since the Cristaldi DVD already had subs.

Unfortunately, while the picture & sound are mightily beautiful in HD, Cristaldi did not port across the Eng subs onto the BR of LE NOTTI BIANCHE... But I shouldn't be surprised if this wonderful new transfer shows up on Criterion in the not too distant future, such is its quality...

[Saimo]

How strange they didn't port the available subs... Perhaps they have already licensed the HD master for a North American release?!

[Saimo]

Happy Easter... with mighty Samson!
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[Saimo]

Come Dio comanda (As God Commands, 2008) by Gabriele Salvatores
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[TMDaines]

Come Dio comanda (As Go Commands, 2008) by Gabriele Salvatores
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I just sold a spare Blu-ray of that which I only got £5 for on eBay.

Still need to watch my own one.

[Saimo]

La calda vita (The Warm Life, 1964) was clearly influenced by L’avventura, but it also anticipates some Antonioni’s achievements with Red Desert.
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[TMDaines]

That's one RHV disc I need to get my hands on. Always loved their DVD cover for it.

[Perkins Cobb]

That's one RHV disc I need to get my hands on. Always loved their DVD cover for it.

The only English option is a dub, though, right? What a waste.