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Le mani sulla città = Hands over the city / Janus Films ; Lionello Santi presenta una produzione Galatea ; sceneggiatura, Francesco Rosi, Raffaele La Capria, Enzo Provenzale, Enzo Forcella ; regia, Francesco Rosi.
LIBRA DVD 007 519 discs 1-2 + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 355.
- Criterion collection ; 355
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Real estate development--Italy--Naples--Drama.
- Real estate development.
- Corruption--Italy--Naples--Drama.
- Corruption.
- Naples (Italy)--Politics and government--20th century--Drama.
- Naples (Italy).
- Motion pictures, Italian.
- Italy--Naples.
- Genre:
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Hands over the city
- Place of Publication:
- Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, 2006.
- Language Note:
- Italian dialogue, optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; Region ; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC, high-definition.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The structure of power and the facade of democracy are explored in this political exposé of corruption in Naples. Following the fatal collapse of a tenement building, an investigation reveals that profits from municipal developments are going to city council members and developers in backroom negotiations.
- Participant:
- Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Angelo D'Alessandro, Carlo Fermariello, Marcello Cannavale, Alberto Canocchia.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Gianni Di Venanzo ; editor, Mario Serandrei ; music, Piero Piccioni.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
- Special features: Disc 1: The film; Disc 2: The supplements: "Neapolitan diary" (1992), Francesco Rosi's feature-length sequel to 'Hands over the city'; New video interviews with Rosi, Tullio Kezich, and Jean-Pierre Gorin; Video discussion with Rosi, co-writer Raffaele La Capria, and Michel Ciment; A booklet featuring a new essay by Stuart Klawans and a 2003 interview with Rosi.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Arthur Wofsy, Class of 1937, Acquisitions Fund.
- Contains:
- Neapolitan diary.
- ISBN:
- 0780028015
- OCLC:
- 71317202
- Publisher Number:
- 037429187524
- MAN260 Image Entertainment
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