Francesco, giullare di Dio = The flowers of St. Francis
(DVD)
Contributors
Rossellini, Roberto, 1906-1977, director,
Rizzoli, Angelo, producer.
Fellini, Federico, screenwriter.
Morlion, Félix A., 1904-1987, screenwriter.
Lisandrini, Antonio, screenwriter.
Rizzoli, Angelo, producer.
Fellini, Federico, screenwriter.
Morlion, Félix A., 1904-1987, screenwriter.
Lisandrini, Antonio, screenwriter.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005].
Format
DVD
Edition
Standard format (1.33:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Southside - Media | DVD 791.43 Fra | Checked Out | April 29, 2024 |
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005].
Edition
Standard format (1.33:1).
Language
ita
UPC
037429208120
Notes
General Note
Inspired by the biographical anthology: I fioretti di San Francesco.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
General Note
Cast list from program notes.
General Note
Special features: new video interviews with actress Isabella Rossellini (16 min.), film historian Adriano Aprà (18 min.), and film critic Father Virgilio Fantuzzi (12 min.); American-release prologue (6 min.).
General Note
Program notes in container insert include a new essay by film scholar Peter Brunette ("God's jester"), a director's statement by Rossellini, an essay by film critic André Bazin ("In defense of Rossellini"), and an excerpt from an interview with Rossellini by Victoria Schultz.
General Note
"This DVD release presents the original Italian theatrical version"--Program notes.
General Note
"New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Otello Martelli ; editing, Jolanda Benvenuti ; music, Renzo Rossellini ; liturgical chants, Father Enrico Buondonno.
Participants/Performers
Brother Nazario Gerardi, Brother Severino Pisacane, Esposito "Peparuolo" Bonaventura, Aldo Fabrizi, Arabella Lemaître.
Description
"In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of The People's Saint: humility, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis' time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery"--Container.
Description
Dramatization of the life of St. Frances of Assisi, focusing on the founding of the Franciscan order of travelling, penniless monks, who led a life of enlightened simplicity.
System Details
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In Italian, with optional English subtitles.
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