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Criterion Enters ‘Gomorrah’ on Blu-ray and DVD

20 Aug, 2009 By: Billy Gil

Street Date: 11/24
Prebook Date: 10/27
Studio: Criterion
Price/Format: $39.95 DVD or Blu-ray
Reserve on Amazon (DVD or Blu-ray)
Reserve on Netflix

Criterion will release the acclaimed Italian crime thriller Gomorrah on Blu-ray Disc and DVD Nov. 24. Directed by Matteo Garrone and presented by Martin Scorsese, the film is a dark and shocking adaptation of Italian reporter Roberto Saviano’s exposé of the Camorra — Naples’ violent Mafia underworld, which involves both adults and children. The film was released theatrically in 2008 and won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival as well as made several top 10 film lists for the year, including those of the Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly.

Special features include a new high-definition transfer of the film, supervised and approved by Garrone; “Five Stories,” a 60-minute documentary on making the film; new interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo; interviews with writer Saviano and actors Gianfelice Imparato and Salvatore Cantalupo; deleted scenes; and a booklet with an essay by critic Chuck Stephens.


 

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