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    Review for Umberto D (Review)

    Unique ID Code: 0000182288
    Added by: Stuart McLean
    Added on: 23/4/2017 15:32

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    Created on Sunday, 23rd April 2017, 15:42
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      • Change #1 - either. (Maybe this is the same transfer that Criterion put out in the US from the original nitrates?)<newline><newline>Audio
      • Change #2 - ][/url]<newline>The only extra feature on this Cult Films edition is an all-star tribute featuring fans like Ken Loach and Mike Leigh. You also get a reversible cover, one side of which is a still from the film and the other an original Italian movie poster - which is nice.<newline><newline>[url="
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      • Change #1 - her. According to the accompanying booklet, the transfer was made from original nitrate camera negatives with all dirt and scratches digitally removed. It looks fantastic as a result.<newline><newline>Au
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    Created on Sunday, 23rd April 2017, 15:38
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      • Change #1 - on the definitive Criteriona Blu
      • Change #2 - rl]<newline>Extra features are excellent too.<newline><newline>· [b]Trailer[/b] - original Italian trailer<newline><newline>· [b]That's Life: Vittorio De Sica[/b] – a really fascinating hour long archival documentary, made for RAI by Sandro Lai, about the life and work of Vittorio De Sica. As you’d expect, there are extracts from many of the films he directed and acted in but the focus is on the director’s personal favourite – Umberto D. In Italian, with optional English subtitles.<newline><newline>· [b]Maria Pia Casilio[/b] - A 15 minute 2003 interview (for Criterion) with actress Maria Pia Casilio (filmed before she passed away) who recalls first meeting De Sica and reflecting on Umberto D. She was only 15 at the time.<newline><newline>· [b]Booklet [/b]- 18-page illustrated booklet featuring an essay by De Sica expert, Stuart Klawans' called ‘Seeing Clearly Through Tears: On the Smart Sentiment of Umberto D.’ as well as an extract from De Sica's intro to the 1968 English-language edition of the screenplay for his 1951 film Miracle in Milan; and an excerpt from a June 1951 Epoca magazine piece by linguistics professor Carlo Battisti about being cast as the main character in Umberto D., which was reprinted from the 1995 book "Umberto D."<newline><newline>[u
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    Created on Sunday, 23rd April 2017, 15:32
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