Accattone / Comizi DAmore (Masters of Cinema) (DVD and Blu-Ray Dual Format)

Zavvi - The Home of Pop CultureThe debut feature of Italian filmmaker-novelist-poet-provocateur Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom; The Gospel According to Matthew; The Decameron), Accattone rocked the cinema world with its depictions, at once raw and elegant, of the underside of Roman street life – and, in the process, seemed to announce a new direction for Italian films: a neo-neorealism.On the mean streets of Rome, Accattone's eponymous pimp (played by Franco Citti, one of a remarkable cast of local non -professionals) leads a hand-to-mouth existence on the very margins of society: prostituting, scrounging, exploiting. When his prize prostitute Maddalena is arrested and jailed, the pimp's fortunes dwindle, and he is forced to confront his own existence.The work of one of Italy's foremost auteurs, Accattone combines a fascination with poverty, sexual mores, and the entrapments of society, with a sense of humanity and sanctity rarely seen in cinema.Dual Format Edition Special Features:New high-definition transfer of Accattone in the film's original aspect ratioPasolini's 1965 feature-length documentary Comizi d'amore [Love Meetings], on the complementary theme of Italian attitudes towards sex, presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1Original Italian theatrical trailers for both filmsFeature-length audio commentary on Accattone by critic Tony RaynsNewly translated optional English subtitles for both films36-page booklet featuring a translation of Pasolini's 1958 poem To a Pope ; excerpts from a 1969 interview with Pasolini on Accattone and Comizi d'amore by Oswald Stack; a 1975 essay on the film by Pasolini; Pasolini's original 1964 treatment for Comizi d'amore; and rare archival imagery