| Edition |
Four-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (352 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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DVD video NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
| Series |
Set Criterion collection ; 631
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Decameron Criterion collection ; 632
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Canterbury tales Criterion collection ; 633
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Arabian nights Criterion collection ; 634
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Set Criterion collection ; 631.
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Decameron Criterion collection ; 632.
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Canterbury tales Criterion collection ; 633.
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Arabian nights Criterion collection ; 634.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Decameron: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanović, M. Gabriella Frankel, Gerhard Exel, Wolfgang Hillinger. |
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Canterbury tales: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Josephine Chaplin, Alan Webb. |
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Arabian nights: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Ines Pellegrini, Tessa Bouche, Franco Merli, Margaret Clementi. |
| Credits |
Produced by Franco Rossellini (Decameron), Alberto Grimaldi (Canterbury tales, Arabian nights) ; written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini ; designed by Dante Ferretti ; music by Ennio Morricone ; editing, Nino Baragli, Tatiana Casini Morigi (Decameron, Arabian nights) ; director of photography, Tonino Delli Colli (Decameron, Canterbury tales), Giuseppe Ruzzolini (Arabian nights). |
| Note |
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. |
| Summary |
The Decameron, transposed to Naples from Boccaccio's Florence, is a cutting takedown of the pieties surrounding religion and sex. |
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The Arabian nights follows the adventures of a slave girl as she rises to power over a great city. Around her revolve the stories of magic and lust, mystery and fantasy that derive from three cultures (Persia, Egypt and India) and range from the ninth century to the Renaissance. |
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In the Canterbury tales, Pasolini's startling candor and ribald humor illuminate these classic tales of romance, deception, murder and lust. |
| Note |
Accompanying booklet includes cast lists and credits for the three feature films and several essays by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Colin MacCabe. |
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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). |
| Audience |
Decameron: Rating: R. |
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Canterbury tales: Rating: NC-17. |
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Arabian nights: Rating: NC-17. |
| Contents |
Disc. 1. Il decameron [= The decameron] / un film di Pier Paolo Pasolini ; prodotto da Franco Rossellini per la PEA Produzioni Europee Associate s.a.s. ; un coproduzione PEA Produzioni Europee Associate s.a.s.-Roma, Les Productions Artistes associés-Parigi, Artemis Film-Berlino ; scritto e diretto da Pier Paolo Pasolini (111 min.) -- Special features: On The decameron (visual essay by Patrick Rumble) ; Il corpo perduto di Alibech = The lost body of Alibech (documentary by Roberto Chiesi; 2005) ; theatrical trailers. |
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Disc 2. I racconti di Canterbury [= The Canterbury tales] / Alberto Grimaldi presenta ; un film di Pier Paolo Pasolini ; una produzione PEA Produzioni Europee Associate s.a.s. Roma ; prodotto da Alberto Grimaldi ; scritto i diretto da Pier Paolo Pasolini (111 min.) -- Special features: interview with film scholar Sam Rohdie ; Pasolini e l'umiliazione segreta di Chaucer : ipotesi su venti sequenze e un racconto tagliati de I racconti di Canterbury (1971-1972) = Pasolini and the secret humiliation of Chaucer : a hypothesis on 20 scenes and one tale cut from The Canterbury tales (documentary by Roberto Chiesi; 2006) ; English-language inserts to the film ; theatrical trailers. |
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Disc 3. Il fiore delle mille e una notte = Arabian nights / Alberto Grimaldi presenta ; un film di Pier Paolo Pasolini ; una produzione PEA Produzioni Europee Associate s.a.s.-Roma, Les Productions Artistes associés s.a.-Paris ; collaborazione alla sceneggiatura, Dacia Maraini ; prodotto da Alberto Grimaldi ; scritto e diretto da Pier Paolo Pasolini (130 min.) -- Special features: Pier Paolo Pasolini introduction ; On Arabian nights (visual essay by Tony Rayns) ; deleted scenes ; theatrical trailers. |
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Triology of life supplements: Interview with production designer Dante Ferretti -- Interview with film composer Ennio Morricone -- Via Pasolini (documentary; 2005) -- Pasolini and the form of the city (original Italian title: Pasolini e ... : la forma della città; documentary by Pasolini and Paolo Brunatto; 1974). |
| Note |
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. |
| Access |
Educational and home use only. |
| Language |
Decameron: Italian dialogue, with optional English subtitles. |
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Canterbury tales: Italian or English dubbed dialogue; with optional English subtitles. |
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Arabian nights: Italian dialogue, with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Film adaptations.
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. |
| Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Film adaptations.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
| Genre/Form |
Foreign films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Comedy films.
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Erotic films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Sex comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films -- Italy.
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Foreign language films -- Italian.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975, director, screenwriter, director.
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Rossellini, Franco, producer, producer.
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Grimaldi, Alberto, producer, producer.
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Citti, Franco, actor, actor.
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Davoli, Ninetto, actor, actor.
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Jovanović, Jovan, 1940- actor, actor.
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Amato, Vincenzo, actor, actor.
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Luce, Angela, actor, actor.
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Zigaina, Giuseppe, 1924-2015, actor, actor.
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Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980, actor, actor.
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Betti, Laura, actor, actor.
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Chaplin, Joséphine, 1949- actor, actor.
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Webb, Alan, 1906-1982, actor, actor.
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Pellegrini, Ines, 1954- actor, actor.
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Bouché, Tessa, actor, actor.
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Merli, Franco, 1956- actor, actor.
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Clementi, Margareth, actor, actor.
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Ferretti, Dante, 1943- art director, artistic director.
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Morricone, Ennio, composer (expression), composer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Decamerone. Selections.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Canterbury tales. Selections.
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Produzioni Europee Associate, production company.
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Productions Artistes associés, production company.
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Artemis Film (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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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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Decameron (Motion picture)
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Racconti di Canterbury (Motion picture)
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Racconti di Canterbury (Motion picture). English.
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Fiore delle mille e una notte (Motion picture)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Arabian nights. Selections.
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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) |
| Standard No. |
715515100311 |
| Music No. |
CC2195D (CC2196D--CC2198D) Criterion Collection (set container) |
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CC2196D Criterion Collection (Decameron disc) |
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CC2197D Criterion Collection (Canterbury tales disc) |
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CC2198D Criterion Collection (Arabian nights and Supplements discs) |
