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Paisan AKA Paisą (Blu-ray) (1946)
Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.Director: Roberto Rossellini
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE: Rome, Open City
DISC TWO: Paisan
*The Film (126:20)
French TV introduction by Roberto Rossellini (3:05)
New video interview with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprą (16:56)
Excerpts from rarely seen videotaped discussions Rossellini had in 1970 with faculty and students at Rice University about his craft (13:34)
"Into the Future" visual essay by Tag Gallagher (30:54)
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/English LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep 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 498. -
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Extras:Interview with Renzo Rossellini (6:27)
"Hanno detto del film" [They say of the film...] featurette (6:27) (in English, with burnt-in Italian subtitles for the English dialogue)
"Dietro le quinte di Paisą" [Behind the scenes of Paisą] featurettes:
- Fellini, Visconti, Rossellini (2:46)
- Roberto Rossellini remembers the entrance of the Allies to Rome (1:28)
- Roberto Rossellini with the brothers of the Maiori convent (3:45)
"Il contesto storico" [The historical context] featurettes:
- Interview with Beppe Attene (12:51)
- Combat film RW077, "Italy to a G.I." [1943] (10:23) [in English, with forced Italian subtitles)
- Combat film RW275, "Allies in Italy" [9th September, 1943] (5:02) [in English, with forced Italian subtitles)
- INCOM 00022, Paisą in Venice [1946] (0:46)
"Documenti" paraphernalia:
- Roberto Rossellini with his sons Romano and Renzo on the Florence set of Paisą (1 image)
- Paisą wins the prize for best foreign language film at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1 image) -
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/English LPCM 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Extras in 1080i50, in Italian, with no subtitles unless otherwise stated.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "Rome, Open City" (1945)
DISC TWO
* The Film
"Into the Future" 2009 visual essay by Tag Gallagher (31:33)
DISC THREE
* "Germany Year Zero" (1948)
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Subtitles:English (for the non-English portions), English 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/English 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.
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OVERALL: Draw
The US Criterion has the most extras and is English-friendly, but the Italian release carries a few exclusive extras, some of which are English-friendly (despite the main feature not being English-friendly).
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (126:20)
- Blu-ray B Italy- Flamingo Video - No cuts (125:15).
- Blu-ray B Roberto Rossellini The War Trilogy United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (125:56).
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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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