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Rome, Open City AKA Roma, cittą aperta (Blu-ray) (1945)
Location: Nazi occupied Rome.Director: Roberto Rossellini
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE: Rome, Open City
*The Film (103:26)
Audio commentary with film scholar Peter Bondanella
Introduction by Roberto Rossellini from 1963 (3:05)
"Once upon a Time... Rome Open City" documentary (52:30)
Interview with Rossellini specialist Adriano Aprą (12:23)
"Rossellini and the City" visual essay by film scholar Mark Shiel (25:08)
Interview with film critic Virgilio Fantuzzi (5:16)
DISC TWO: Paisan
DISC THREE: Germany, Year Zero -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.37:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian/German LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Includes a 44-page liner notes booklet featuring essays by James Quandt, Irene Bignardi, Colin MacCabe, and Jonathan Rosenbaum.
The individual disc spine number in the collection is 497. -
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Extras:Interview with Renzo Rossellini (4:34)
"Hanno detto del film" [They say of the film...] featurette (9:11) (in English, with burnt-in Italian subtitles for the English dialogue)
"Dietro le quinte di Roma cittą aperta" [Behind the scenes of Rome, Open City] featurettes:
- Aldo Fabrizi recounts (1:07)
- Rossellini and Giulio Macchi on Via Montecuccoli (4:18)
"Il contesto storico" [The historical context] featurettes:
- Interview with Beppe Attene (13:20)
- Newspaper LUCE C 03070 (0:37)
- Incom Week 00198 (3:17)
- Citto Maselli on the release of the film (2:05)
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Subtitles:Italian HoH (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian/German Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Case incorrectly states audio to be LPCM. Extras in 1080i50, in Italian, with no subtitles unless otherwise stated.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
"Children of Open City" 2005 documentary by Laura Muscardin (52:39)
DISC TWO
* "Paisan" (1946)
DISC THREE
* "Germany Year Zero" (1948)
* "L'amore" (1948) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian/German LPCM 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Includes a 36-page fully illustrated booklet featuring new writings by Tag Gallagher, Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and Jonathan Rosenbaum, and full film credits.
The documentary includes burned-in English subtitles for the non-English portions. -
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OVERALL: Draw
The Criterion has the superior extras, but the BFI edition has an exclusive documentary. Note that the Italian release also has a few exclusive featurettes, one of which is English-friendly, but the main feature is not English-friendly and has a lossy soundtrack.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (103:26)
- Blu-ray B Italy- Flamingo Video - No cuts (102:38).
- Blu-ray B Roberto Rossellini The War Trilogy United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (102:51).
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 20/03/15
Comparison last updated by Rob_Hunt on 28/06/19UPDATE LOG:
20/03/15: Initial entry.
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15/06/17: Added US edition.
28/06/19: Added Italian release.
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