| Description |
4 videodiscs (352 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 632.
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| Summary |
Boccaccio's classic tales of passion brought to the screen with all their lusty fervor intact. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
Arabian nights: Italian dialogue with English subtitles. |
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Canterbury tales: Italian or English dubbed dialogue; with English subtitles. |
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Decameron: Italian dialogue with English subtitles. |
| Note |
Container title. |
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Decameron: Based on "The decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio. |
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Canterbury tales: Based on "The Canterbury tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. |
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Arabian nights: Based on a selection of stories from "The thousand and one nights." |
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Decameron: Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. |
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Canterbury tales: Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. |
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Arabian nights: Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. |
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Supplements disc includes interviews with art director Dante Ferretti and composer Ennio Morricone, the 2005 documentary Via Pasolini (27 min.) and the 1974 documentary Pasolini and the form of the city (16 min) |
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Special features on The decameron disc: On "The Decameron" visual essay by Patrick Rumble and the 2005 documentary The lost body of Alibech (45 min.) |
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Special features on The Canterbury tales disc: interview with film scholar Sam Rohdie; and the 2006 documentary Pasolini and the secret humiliation of Chaucer (47 min.) |
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Special features on the Arabian nights disc: On "Arabian nights" visual essay by Tony Rayns and deleted scenes. |
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Accompanying booklet includes cast lists and credits for the three feature films and essays by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Colin MacCabe. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Contents |
The decameron = Il decameron (111 min.) -- The Canterbury tales = I racconti di Canterbury (111 min.) -- Arabian nights = Il fiore delle mille e una notte (130 min.) -- Supplements (ca. 43 min.) |
| Credits |
Produced by Alberto Grimaldi ; written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini ; designed by Dante Ferretti ; music by Ennio Morricone. |
| Performer |
Decameron: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, M. Gabriella Frankel, Gerhard Exel, Wolfgang Hillinger. |
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Canterbury tales: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Josephine Chaplin. |
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Arabian nights: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Ines Pellegrini, Tessa Bouche, Franco Merli, Margaret Clementi. |
| Audience |
Decameron: Rating: R. |
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Canterbury tales: Rating: NC-17. |
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Arabian nights: Rating: NC-17. |
| Subject |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Film adaptations.
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Italian fiction -- To 1400 -- Film adaptations -- Videodiscs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (ITALIAN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Grimaldi, Alberto.
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Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975.
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Citti, Franco.
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Davoli, Ninetto.
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Frankel, M. Gabriella.
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Decamerone.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Italian title on container: Trilogia della vita |
| Added Title |
Trilogy of life |
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Pasolini's trilogy of life |
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Lost body of Alibech.
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Pasolini and the secret humiliation of Chaucer.
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Via Pasolini.
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Pasolini and the form of the city.
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| ISBN |
9781604656473 (set container) |
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1604656476 (set container) |
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9781604656480 (Decameron disc) |
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1604656484 (Decameron disc) |
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9781604656497 (Canterbury tales disc) |
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1604656492 (Canterbury tales disc) |
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9781604656503 (Arabian nights disc) |
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1604656506 (Arabian nights disc) |
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9786314862152 : |
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6314862159 : |
| Standard No. |
715515100311 |
| Music No. |
CC2195D Criterion Collection (set) |
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CC2196D Criterion Collection |
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CC2197D Criterion Collection |
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CC2198D Criterion Collection |
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