Item Details
Le mani sulla città [videorecording] : Hands over the city
Lionello Santi presenta una produzione Galatea, regia Francesco Rosi.
- Format
- DVD; Video
- Summary
- The structure of power and the facade of democracy are explored in this political exposé of corruption in Naples. Following the fatal collapse of a tenement building, an investigation reveals that profits from municipal developments are going to city council members and developers in backroom negotiations.
- Director
- Francesco Rosi
- Performer(s)
- Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Angelo D'Alessandro, Carlo Fermariello, Marcello Cannavale, Alberto Canocchia.
- Release Date
- 1963
- Run Time
- 101 min.
- Language
- In Italian with English subtitles.
- Notes
- "Janus Films."--Container.
- Videodisc release of a 1963 motion picture.
- Special features: Disc 1: The film; Disc 2: The supplements: "Neapolitan diary" (1992), Francesco Rosi's feature-length sequel to 'Hands over the city'; New video interviews with Rosi, Tullio Kezich, and Jean-Pierre Gorin; Video discussion with Rosi, co-writer Raffaele La Capria, and Michel Ciment; A booklet featuring a new essay by Stuart Klawans and a 2003 interview with Rosi.
- Variant title
- Hands over the city
- Related title
- Neapolitan diary.
- Local Notes
- "Special edition double-disc set" -- Container.
- Edition
- Widescreen version.
- Series
- Criterion collection
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs)
- Series statement
- Criterion collection ; 355
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 355.
- ISBN(s)
- 0780028015, 9780780028012,
- Credits
- Cinematography, Gianni Di Venanzo ; screenplay, Francesco Rosi, Raffaele La Capria, Enzo Provenzale, Enzo Forcella ; editor, Mario Serandrei ; music, Piero Piccioni.
- Published
- [Irvington, NY] :Criterion Collection ;[Chatsworth, CA :Distributed by Image Entertainment],c2006.
- Publisher no.
- MAN260 Image Entertainment
- Related resources
- Internet Movie Database Summary and Reviews
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 p. ; 19 cm.) DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC; New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
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