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The long-awaited DVD release of Visconti’s mammoth novel-like film is here. Dusky to record, it is something of a disappointment.
The film itself looks quite advantageous, transferred from a well-preserved source. But this is the 168-minute version of “Rocco e i suoi Fratelli”–12 minutes of the unusual 180 minutes have been reduce. To be elegant, this version has been the “standard” on VHS for some time, presumably Image derived it from the source of earlier releases. It is really dismal that a full-length print could not be traditional here. Moreover, there are zero extras on the disc: unbiased a static, hastily-produced menu. The English-only subtitles are removable.
Visconti’s film is old-fashioned. It is a contemporary of “Shoot the Piano Player”, “L’Avventura” and “La Dolce Vita”, yet it has virtually nothing in popular with them. Watching “Rocco” is like reading a 19th century unusual, with chapters devoted to the five brothers of the title. All characters are well-drawn, the film is beautifully shot, acting is often intellectual. There are many unforgettable moments in what feels like a broad, panoramic plan of several years in one family’s history. One element Visconti shares in this film with Antonioni is the huge Italian theme of transition from the used world to the unique world. Characters are forced to accumulate change, change themselves, or perish.
In spite of these limitations, the DVD is recommended. If you don’t behold it, you will miss a noteworthy cinematic experience.
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Luchino Visconti’s Marxist grasp on the changing Italian society circa 1960 was one of the most controversial and influential movies of the early 60’s. Like LA DOLCE VITA it caused a sensation in the US and made an instant, international star of Alain Delon. Visconti mixes Weak Testament themes starting with the expulsion from Eden & Cain and Abel, throws in lots of Dostoyevsky & even some of Bunuel’s VIRIDIANA. It’s quite a stew but I never heard anyone say they were bored. As the mother Katina Paxinou who was Jean Simmons’ vile governess in THE INHERITANCE chews up enough scenery for 10 movies. Annie Giradot playing a prostitute gives such a vibrant performance that you wonder why she appeared here in only 2 or 3 movies over the next 30 years. Alain Delon’s Rocco is a blooming Prince Myshkin but he’s very bland. As Simone his immediate older brother Renato Salvatore exudes so worthy animal magnatism he may have you jumping out of your skin. When he seduces Rocco’s middleaged employer (to choose her) half the audience wishes they were she. Giuseppe Rotunno’s heavenly shadowy & white cinematography often acts as a commentary on the action especially in the scenes of more than graphic violence. Nino Rota wrote the pleasing rep.
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