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    Blu-ray A America - Criterion Collection
    3 Films by Roberto Rossellini
    #673

  • Extras:
    DISC ONE
    * The Film (English version)
    * The Film (Italian version)
    Introduction by critic Adriano Aprà (16:34)
    Archival Television Introduction by director Roberto Rossellini (1:57)
    "Rossellini Under the Volcano" - a 1998 documentary that returns to the island of Stromboli fifty years after the making of "Stromboli" (45:07)

    DISC TWO
    *     Europe '51 (English version and Italian versions)
    Introduction by critic Adriano Aprà (18:26)
    Archival Television Introduction by director Roberto Rossellini (4:58)
    "The Tragedy of Nonconformism" - Elena Dagrada Version Comparison of "Europe '51" (36:07)

    DISC THREE
    * Journey to Italy (English version)
    - Audio Commentary by scholar Laura Mulvey
    Introduction by critic Adriano Aprà (11:04)
    Archival Television Introduction by director Roberto Rossellini (2:10)
    New interviews with Isabella Rossellini and Ingrid Rossellini, daughters of Roberto Rossellini and Bergman (32:00)
    Martin Scorsese talking to Kent Jones (11:13)
    Visual Essays about Rossellini:
    - "Living and Departed" by Tag Gallagher (22:37)
    - "Surprised by Death" by James Quandt (38:56)
    The Rossellini on Capri (5:17)

    DISC FOUR
    "Rossellini Through His Own Eyes" - a 1992 documentary on the filmmaker’s approach to cinema (62:23)
    "Ingrid Bergman Remembered" - a 1996 documentary on the actor’s life, narrated by her daughter Pia Lindstrom (50:07)
    Interview with Fiorella Mariani, Rossellini’s niece, featuring home movies shot by Bergman (14:49)
    "My Dad is 100 Years Old" - a 2005 short film by Guy Maddin and starring Isabella Rossellini (17:02)
    "The Chicken" - a 1952 short film by Roberto Rossellini starring Ingrid Bergman (16:02)
  • Subtitles:
    English, English HoH (optional)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.33:1
  • Picture Format:
    1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English LPCM 1.0 ("Stromboli")
    Italian LPCM 1.0 ("Stromboli, Terra di Dio")
  • Case type:
    Special Case
  • Notes:
    Only available in a 4-disc box set #672 "3 Films by Roberto Rossellini", containing #673 "Stromboli", #674 "Europe '51" and #675 "Journey to Italy".
    The two versions are not seamlessly-branched.
    Comes with a booklet featuring essays by critics Richard Brody, Fred Camper, Dina Iordanova, and Paul Thomas; letters exchanged by Rossellini and Bergman; “Why I Directed Stromboli,” a 1950 article by Rossellini; a 1954 interview with Rossellini conducted by Eric Rohmer and François Truffaut for Cahiers du cinéma; and excerpts from a 1965 interview with Rossellini conducted by Aprà and Maurizio Ponzi for Filmcriticah.

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