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BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:

2016 4K restoration of Il Sorpasso carried out by L'Immagine Ritrovata at the Cineteca di Bologna, presented in High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) for the first time in the UK
High-Definition digital transfers of Il Mattatore and Il Vedovo, presented in world premieres on Blu-ray
Original uncompressed Italian mono PCM audio
Newly translated optional English subtitles
Newly designed artwork based on original posters
Limited Edition 80-page perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by scholars and critics including Robert Gordon on the commedia all’italiana boom, Gino Moliterno on Il vedovo; Pasquale Iannone on Age and Scarpelli and the key screenwriters of the commedia all’italiana movement, Christina Newland on Italian machismo and Il sorpasso; a newly translated interview with Dino Risi by Lorenzo Codelli; and extracts of writing by Risi
Limited Edition of 3,000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
IL SORPASSO [THE EASY LIFE]

Appreciation of the film by Italian cinema expert Richard Dyer
Archival interview with Dino Risi by critic Jean Gili (1999, 13 mins)
Jean-Louis Trintignant on Il Sorpasso - an introduction by the actor for a French TV broadcast of the film (1983, 8 mins)
L’estate di Bruno Cortona - Castiglioncello nell’anno del Sorpasso (Gloria De Antoni, 2012) - an extract from the documentary made for the 50th anniversary of Il Sorpasso featuring the cast and crew
On a Trintignant Kick - An audio essay and tribute to Jean-Louis Trintignant by critic and author Tim Lucas, looking at his life and work in the 1960s (2023, 58 mins)
Trailer
IL MATTATORE [THE SHOWMAN]

Interview with Andrea Bini, author of Male Anxiety and Psychopathology in Film: Comedy Italian Style
Speaking with Gassman - documentary on the working relationship between Vittorio Gassman and Dino Risi, by Risi’s son Marco (2005, 31 mins)
Love & Larceny - Michel Hazanavicius on Il Mattatore, an appreciation of the film, Gassman and Risi by the director of The Artist (2017, 23 mins)
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IL VEDOVO [THE WIDOWER]

Neorealismo rosa - a visual essay by Italian cinema professor and author of Comedy Italian Style Remi Fournier Lanzoni on the softening of neo-realism which laid the groundwork for the emergence of commedia all’italiana
Alberto Sordi - a visual essay by critic Kat Ellinger about the great Italian actor
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