I racconti di Canterbury
- Publication/Creation:
- [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
- Edition:
- Blu-ray special edizione.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- I racconti di Canterbury / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Alberto Grimaldi presenta un film di Pier Paolo Pasolini ; una produzione PEA Produzioni Europee Associate s.a.s. Roma ; prodotto da Alberto Grimaldi ; scritto e diretto da Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Uniform Title:
- Racconti di Canterbury (Motion picture)
- Series Titles:
- Criterion Collection ; 631
Criterion Collection ; 633
Criterion collection ; 631.
Criterion collection ; 633.
- Related/Included Titles:
- Canterbury tales.
Pasolini and the secret humiliation of Chaucer. - Variant Titles:
- English title on container and disc label: Canterbury tales
Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of life. Canterbury tales
Trilogy of life. Canterbury tales
Italian title on set container: Trilogia della vita
Pasolini's Trilogy of life
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975
Grimaldi, Alberto
Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980
Betti, Laura
Davoli, Ninetto
Citti, Franco
Chaplin, Joséphine, 1949-
Webb, Alan, 1906-1982
Morricone, Ennio
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales
Produzioni Europee Associate
Productions Artistes associés
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Comedy films
Film adaptations
Feature films
Fiction films - Subjects:
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--England--Canterbury--Drama
Sex--Drama
England--Social life and customs--1066-1485--Drama
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- A selection of stories from Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales". Shot in England, it offers an earthy re-creation of the medieval era. From the story of a nobleman struck blind after marrying a much younger and promiscuous bride, to a climactic trip to a hell populated by friars and demons (surely one of the most outrageously conceived and realized sequences ever committed to film), this is a work of merry blasphemy, framed by Pasolini's portrayal of Chaucer himself.
- Language:
- Italian
English - Language Note:
- Italian or dubbed English soundtracks; with optional English subtitles.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Technical Note:
- Blu-ray Disc, region A, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; monoaural; requires Blu-ray player.
- General Note:
- Based on "The Canterbury tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.
Released as part of 4-disc set "Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of life" with: The Decameron and The Arabian nights plus supplements disc.
Accompanying booklet (63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.) includes cast lists and credits for the three feature films and several essays by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Colin MacCabe.
Special features: Interview with film scholar Sam Rohdie; the 2006 documentary Pasolini and the secret humiliation of Chaucer (47 min.); English language inserts; trailers. - Local Note:
- Booklet available at the Music and MEdia Library Library with call no.: BLU-RAY 575-577 BOOK.
- Participant/Performer Note:
- Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Josephine Chaplin, Alan Webb.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Director of photography, Tonino Delli Colli ; editing, Nino Baragli ; music, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ennio Morricone.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990032250130302486
- ISBN:
- 160465645X
1604656433 (set container)
9781604656459
9781604656435 (set container) - OCLC Number:
- 820274326
- Other Identifiers:
- Unspecified: 71551509912 (set container)
- Publisher Number:
- CC2193BD The Criterion Collection
CC2191BD (CC2192BD--CC2194BD) Criterion Collection (set container) - Barcode:
- 010002550955
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