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La commare secca = The grim reaper / Janus Films ; Cineriz presentan ; una produzione Compagnia cinematografice Cervi S.p.A., Cineriz ; soggetto, Pier Paolo Pasolini ; sceneggiatura, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Citti ; prodotta da Antonio Cervi ; regia, Bernardo Bertolucci.
LIBRA DVD 010 954 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, David, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 272.
- The Criterion collection ; 272
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975--Film adaptations.
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo.
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975.
- Murder--Investigation--Italy--Drama.
- Murder.
- Prostitutes--Italy--Drama.
- Prostitutes.
- Murderers--Italy--Drama.
- Murderers.
- Murder--Investigation.
- Rome (Italy)--In motion pictures.
- Rome (Italy).
- Motion pictures, Italian.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet ([8] pages ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Special edizione.
- Other Title:
- Grim reaper
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
- Language Note:
- In Italian with optional subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- The brutalized corpse of a prostitute is found in a Roman park, along the banks of the Tiber River. The police round up and interrogate a handful of possible suspects. Each has to explain why he is there. One of them is the killer.
- Participant:
- Carlotta Barilli, Lorenza Benedetti, Clorinda Celani, Vincenzo Ciccora, Alvaro D'Ercole, Giancarlo De Rosa, Gabriella Giorgelli, Romano Labate, Silvio Lourenzi, Francesco Ruiu, Alfredo Leggi.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Giovanni Narzisi ; editor, Nino Baragli ; music, Piero Piccioni.
- Notes:
- Based on the short story by Pasolini.
- Aspect ratio 1.66:1.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
- Special feature: interview with director Bernardo Bertolucci, who discusses his relationship with his mentor Pier Paolo Pasolini. A new essay by film critic David Thompson.
- ISBN:
- 0780029577
- OCLC:
- 57206205
- Publisher Number:
- 037429202425
- COM130 Criterion Collection
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