A special day = Una giornata particolare / Janus Films ; Centro Sperimentale Di Cinematografia ; produced by Carlo Ponti ; written by Ettore Scola, Ruggero Maccari in colaboration with Maurizio Costanzo; directed by Ettore Scola.
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
2 videodiscs (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Giornata particolare (Motion picture) Human voice. (Motion picture) Dick Cavett show (Television program). Selections.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. Widescreen (1.85:1). Special features: Disc 1: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Ettore Scola; New English subtitle translation; Trailer. Disc 2: Ettore Scola (interview with the director, he discusses the arc of his career and why he wanted to create the character of Gabriele); Sophia Loren (interview with the actress, she recalls working with director Ettore Scola, her fears about playing Antonietta, and the challenges of shooting the love scene); The Dick Cavett Show (two 1977 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show featuring actors Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni); Human Voice (25 min. short film from 2014 stars Sophia Loren and was inspired by Jean Cocteau's 1930 play La voix humaine, directed by Edoardo Ponti, the son of Loren and producer Carlo Ponti). Insert includes an essay "Small victories" by critic Deborah Young. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd, Patrizia Basso, Tiziano De Persio, Maurizio Di Paolantonio, Antonio Garibaldi, Vittorio Guerrieri, Alessandra Mussolini, Nicole Magny.
Summary:
On the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome, which underscored the infamous alliance between the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime, a brief encounter between a weary housewife and a radio announcer unfolds into an intimate drama.
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