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1) L'innocente
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound., color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
After becoming bored with his timid wife, a wealthy aristocrat begins an exciting affair. Upon learning that his wife is having a torrid affair of her own, he is tormented by her infidelity and descends into madness, committing a cruel and horrifying act.
Series
Criterion collection volume 228
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sound, black and white or color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
A documentary-style drama chronicling the rise and fall of the title character, a real-life Mob chieftain who rose to prominence in post-WWII Sicily.
3) 1900
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (315 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Epic story of two families in Italy traces both the rise of fascism and the conflict between the sons of the families, both born on January 1, 1900.
4) Malèna
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Set in a small Sicilian town during WWII, the story centers on Renato, a 13-year-old boy with a coming-of-age fantasy life who falls hard for the town's ultra-beautiful twentysomething, Malena.
Series
Criterion collection volume 801
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : photographs ; 18 cm).
Language
Italiano
Description
The prismatic portrait of the days and nights of a party girl in sixties Rome is a revelation. It follows the gorgeous, seemingly liberated Adriana as she dallies with a wide variety of men, attends parties, goes to modeling gigs, and circulates among the rich and famous. Despite its often light tone, though, the film is a stealth portrait of a suffocating culture that regularly dehumanizes people, especially women.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1119
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm).
Language
Italiano
Description
"Renowned filmmaker Vittorio De Sica followed up his international triumph Bicycle Thieves with this enchantingly playful neorealist fairy tale, in which he combines his celebrated slice-of-life poetry with flights of graceful comedy and storybook fantasy. On the outskirts of Milan, a band of vagabonds works together to form a shantytown. When it is discovered that the land they occupy contains oil, however, it's up to the cherubic orphan Totò (Francesco...
Series
Criterion collection volume 747
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
Italiano
Description
Follows the exploits of two pansexual young men-the handsome scholar Encolpius and his vulgar, insatiably lusty friend Ascyltus-as they move through a landscape of free-form pagan excess.
Series
Criterion collection volume 733
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
Italiano
Description
The biggest hit from the most popular Italian filmmaker of all time, the film rocketed Federico Fellini to international mainstream success, ironically, by offering a damning critique of the culture of stardom. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of Rome's rich and glamorous; the film follows a notorious celebrity journalist during a hectic week spent on the peripheries of the spotlight.
9) Intervista
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
"A Japanese film crew interviews Fellini about his career as he films the memories of his life as a young journalist walking into his beloved studio Cinecitta for the first time"--Container.
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