Francesco, giullare di Dio [videorecording] = The flowers of St. Francis / produzzione, Rizzoli ; soggetto di Roberto Rossellini ; hanno partecipato alla elaborazione Federico Fellini, Padre Felix Morlion, e Padre Antonio Lisandrini.
Format:
[videorecording] =
Edition:
Standard format (1.33:1).
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Fioretti di San Francesco. God's jester. In defense of Rossellini.
Notes:
Brother Nazario Gerardi, Brother Severino Pisacane, Esposito "Peparuolo" Bonaventura, Aldo Fabrizi, Arabella Lemaître. Inspired by the biographical anthology: I fioretti di San Francesco. Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Cast list from program notes. 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.). 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. "This DVD release presents the original Italian theatrical version" -- Program notes. "New, restored high-definition digital transfer" -- Container.
Summary:
"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.
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