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Vedovo (Il) AKA The Widower (Blu-ray) (1959)
Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe.Director: Dino Risi
OVERALL: Blu-ray B-
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Extras:DISC ONE: Il Vedovo
* The Film
"Neorealismo rosa" 2023 visual essay by Italian cinema professor and author of Comedy Italian Style Remi Fournier Lanzoni on the softening of neo-realism which laid the groundwork for the emergence of commedia all'italiana (18:14) [in English, no subtitles]
"Alberto Sordi" 2023 visual essay by critic Kat Ellinger (34:10) [in English, no subtitles]
Trailer (4:14)
DISC TWO: Il Mattatore
DISC THREE: Il Sorpasso -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian LPCM 2.0 mono (48kHz/24-bit)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Extras in 1080p/24, in Italian with optional English subtitles, except where noted otherwise.
Sourced from a 2K restoration.
Limited edition of 3,000 copies. Comes with an 80-page perfect bound booklet featuring writing by scholars and critics including Robert Gordon on the commedia all’italiana boom, Gino Moliterno on Il vedovo; Pasquale Iannone on Age and Scarpelli and the key screenwriters of the commedia all’italiana movement, Christina Newland on Italian machismo and Il sorpasso; a newly translated interview with Dino Risi by Lorenzo Codelli; and extracts of writing by Risi.
Presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings. -
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OVERALL: Blu-ray B
Currently the only release known.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray B Commedia all'italiana: Three Films by Dino Risi - Limited Edition United Kingdom- Radiance Films - No cuts (90:54).
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Comparison added by Rob_Hunt on 11/08/23
Comparison last updated by Rob_Hunt on 11/08/23UPDATE LOG:
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