Boccaccio ’70 [Blu-ray]

Boccaccio '70 (Is "Boccaccio" Italian for something?) is an awesome movie by Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, and Luchino Visconti! FULLY UNCUT AND UNCENSORED!Four segments: The first segmant, Renzo E Luciana: ("Renzo And Luciana") by Mario Monicelli (43 mins), cut of the U.S. version to shorten the film and the only part cut out of the film, the second segmant: Le Tantazioni Del Dottor Antonio ("The Temptation Of Doctor Antonio") by Federico Fellini (53 mins), the third segmant: Il Lavoro ("The Job") by Luchino Visconti (53 mins), and the fourth segment: La Riffa ("The Raffle") by Vittorio De Sica (47 mins).Extras:Extensive poster & still gallery including photos from backstage and the U.S. premiere of the movieOriginal Italian, U.S. theatrical trailersArchival FootageOriginal U.S. main titlesCollectible booklet with liner notes and re-print of the rare original U.S. press book included (14 pg., REALLY REALLY COOL!, Why didn't it come with the collectibile booklet with liner notes and re-print of the rare original Italian press book? But who cares? It's still REALLY REALLY COOL!)Langauges: Italian Digital Dobly 2.0, English Digital Dobly 2.0Subtitles: English, English for some of the scenes that are in ItalianTwo discs: Disc one, "Renzo E Luciana" (Renzo & Luciana) and "Le Tentazioni Del Dottor Antonio" ("The Temtations Of Doctor Antonio"), disc two, "Il Lavoro" ("The Job"), Il Riffa ("The Raffle") and Extras. Both digital remastered from the vault original interpositive!REALLY REALLY COOL release by NoShame Films! This is my first pressbook I've ever have and my 3th NoShame Films release out 3 in my collection!

Boccaccio wrote bawdy stories and collected them in his Decameron. Here are four bawdy short films by four distinguished Italian film directors. Inexplicably, the Blu-ray Disc box displays the faces of only three of its leading stars, Misses Romy Schneider, Sophia Loren and Anita Ekberg in the cover. They omit Ms. Marina Solinas who, believe or not, stars in the one fully original and distinctive film: what happens when a married couple escapes from its neighbors and family who oppress them and choose to live in loneliness in a moderns high-rise. Anita plays a perfect sexy feline to director Fellini's (no pun intended) advertising adventure for fresh milk. Romy is as always, a pleasure to watch, especially when she wears those Coco Channel suits. And Sophia plays director De Sica's favorite character, the busty tramp with the heart of gold. All four of them are goood!

The sale and delivery are impeccable; however, the product information is inaccurate. This Blu Ray has no English language option.

Great movie with great actors and actresses it's recommended.

Renzo and Luciana was cut and we could've done better without it in Italian language only. It's a very long and talky story of a couple living together before marriage and the conflicts it creates with the girl's parents and her boss where she works. Almost a docudrama. Two stars.The Temptation of Dr. Antonio: Always my favorite satire on censorship from director Fellini about a prude's ambition to ban a milk billboard has great fantasy sequences with Anita Ekberg. Four Stars.The Job: A wealthy man has his affair with a hooker exposed by the media to his wife. She wants the job, too. The most cynical segment of the film. Three stars. The Raffle: By far the best of the four stories when Sophia Loren becomes the prize for a timid man who wins the lottery. It makes me laugh every time, even 30 years later. Four stars. There aren't many extras added to the discs, and they are mostly about The Raffle. You do have your choice of English or Italian for three of the stories.

It brought back fond memories of Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren and Romy Schneider (who died young). The film hadfour wonderful directors.The restored footage of the episode that was edited out for the US version does slow downthe film, a bit, but the segment is interesting.The DVD also had special features which included the ENGLISH and ITALIAN version of the film.I liked it, a lot.gjc524@aol.com

action was slow enough to read subtitles....not a good sign

Anita Eckberg and Sophia Loren are great in their respective stories. It was made during a medley style stories. This was popular in the early 60's. Like preteen kids obsessing over their first love who is a grown woman, these stories are in that fashion.