Roberto Rossellini: The War Trilogy

[tenia]

I suppose it will be exactly the same, minus the number. I remember some DVD releases in France being limited that way (the only thing missing in the 2nd printing was the number).

[DeprongMori]

Does anyone know for certain what the differences are between the “limited” and “standard” editions of this set are?

[TMDaines]

Unique number printed on the back?

[neilist]

Does anyone know for certain what the differences are between the “limited” and “standard” editions of this set are?

I think it's entirely packaging. The original limited version had a numbered side-opening slipcase, with the discs and booklet housed in a card fold-out sleeve. The reissued version has a top/bottom-opening slipcase, with the discs and booklet housed in a standard plastic sleeve.

Looking around online, there are currently photos of the original here and photos of the reissued version here.

The booklet in the reissue may be slightly smaller and/or have a bit less content than the original limited release?

UPDATE: I've just got out my own copy of the original limited version and can confirm that the 36-page booklet in it is small enough to fit inside a standard plastic case. There'd hence have been no reason to redesign it and so I suspect the reissue booklet will be identical to the original version.

[ryannichols7]

I just wanted to come in and praise the BFI's release for something else: while many point at the obvious superior transfer of Germany Year Zero and inclusion of L'Amore as the reasons to pick up this edition, the English dialogue on Paisà being subtitled was a lifesaving inclusion. I don't understand Criterion's hesitance to subtitle English dialogue in non-English films but was grateful the BFI did it - Paisà has tons of English dialogue and given the quality of the audio source, it can be harder to make out sometimes. was very grateful for this, this is a very essential companion release to the CC and I'm grateful it wasn't a full on limited edition so I could grab it years after the fact.

[hearthesilence]

Yeah, I'm glad I stuck with the BFI's edition too. I keep telling people to check their catalog out, there's quite a few that I'd take over the Criterion counterparts, and a whole lot that's not available on Blu-ray otherwise.

[ellipsis7]

Worth also seeing to place ROME OPEN CITY especially in context is the powerful documentary GIORNI DI GLORIA/DAYS OF GLORY (1945) by Visconti, De Santis, Pagliero et al., about the resistance, the Ardeatine massacre, the subsequent trial and executions...

GIORNI DI GLORIA (1946) is coming to Ripley's Home Video DVD in Italy on 7th May, complete with English subtitles...



Available from amazon.it here...

[Kauno]

Hi Saimo! Do you know anything about Giorni di gloria. On Amazon Italy, it says "This title has not yet been released".