criterionforum.org

Sangue bleu (Nino Oxilia, 1914) available on DVD by Cineteca di Bologna. Hopefully it has English subtitles.

From the same director Rapsodia Satanica (1917) sounds fascinating. Would love to see this on DVD, unless there already is one.

Yes, Sangue bleu is English-friendly, I will review the disc very soon on my blog.

A screenshot:

Sangue bleu (The Princess of Monte Bello, 1914), a maternal melodrama starring Francesca Bertini.
http://journeys-italy.blogspot.com/2014 ... -1914.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

L'invenzione di Morel (Morel's Invention, 1974), based on Adolfo Bioy Casares' science fiction novel.
http://journeys-italy.blogspot.it/2014/ ... ntion.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

English subtitles on the new blu-ray of Seduced and Abandoned according to the back-cover on amazon.it.

Companion piece DIVORZIO ALL'ITALIANA follows in October also on BR from Cristaldi, full specs not clear as yet (their DVD version has Eng subs too)...

Sangue bleu (The Princess of Monte Bello, 1914), released by Cineteca di Bologna, is now available at Amazon.it: nice edition and very nice price.

Our invaluable Adriano Aprà has compiled a list of 106 essential Italian directors, selecting a film for each one. Must read.
http://www.adrianoapra.it/?p=223" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

La ciociara Blu-ray incoming.

I still remember the delight when I found the OOP Italian DVD in mint condition in a small newsagent stand in Milan. I had wanted to see this for ages, so I saved it a little while until it became my nominal 1000th film that I ever watched.

Does anyone has any info on a possible BD of Comencini's Incompreso and/or Voltati Eugenio? How are the current DVDs?

P.s. I just got the Italian dvds of Anni felici, La mafia uccide solo d'estate and Il capitale Umano. They all have (at least) English and Italian subs...
P.p.s La mafia uccide solo d'estate is surprisingly very good!

In the next weeks, lovers of Italian cinema will enjoy some great news...

I look forward to your announcement!

You got me all excited! No hints at all on the nature of the news?

It's either an Italian DVD or an Italian sub. That narrows it down a little anyway.

By the way I guess the title of this topic could be changed to just "Italian DVD/Blu Rays"

Not anymore.

Can we just merge the Italian DVD thread with the food thread?

jindianajonz wrote:Can we just merge the Italian DVD thread with the food thread?

We could as well merge Olive films' thread to that for an even more Mediterranean touch...

swo17 wrote:It's either an Italian DVD or an Italian sub. That narrows it down a little anyway.

A DVD archive collection with English subs.

Hail_Cesar wrote:By the way I guess the title of this topic could be changed to just "Italian DVD/Blu Rays"

It could do with being merged with this thread that is also on the same topic: Classic Italian Cinema (non R1, English-friendly). We don't need multiple threads for general chit-chat on a particular country's release.

Lost & Found: To Leave is to Die a Little, a 1951 short film (with English subtitles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... FpEUAn0Rwg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here you can read the backstory:
http://www.cinema.beniculturali.it/uplo ... ilm_en.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Saimo wrote:In the next weeks, lovers of Italian cinema will enjoy some great news...

Saimo wrote:A DVD archive collection with English subs.

Any details available on this DVD collection?

Postponed to early 2015 spring, will start with a selection of films from the 1930s...

We have just started an English version of our Adriano Aprà blog.
The first entry discusses one of Giuseppe De Santis' best films, Under the Olive Tree: http://www.adrianoapra.it/?p=726" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Elio Petri's Todo modo, is finally released on DVD.
It's quite pricy now (18 €) , but in some months it will be cheaper (I expect)

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00SJWY ... L2PNWYJU7H" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;