{"product_id":"0715515051316","title":"Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy [Criterion Collection] [3 Discs]","description":"\"The \"\"Trilogy\"\" in question refers to three milestones of neorealist cinema that made film history, all helmed by Roberto Rossellini within a span of several years: the 1945 Rome, Open City, the 1946 Paisan, and the 1948 Germany, Year Zero. This special edition, three-disc set from The Criterion Collection presents all of the said films in restored, high-definition digital transfers, with a plethora of bonus supplements that include: introductions to all three titles by Rossellini, shot in 1963; video interviews with experts including Rossellini scholar Adriana Apr?, The Taviani Brothers and a friend of the director, Father Virgilio Fantuzzi; and audio commentary on Rome Open City by Peter Bondanella. The collection also includes the making-of documentary Once Upon a Time. . . 'Rome Open City', produced in 2006; excerpts from a little-seen videotaped discussion that Rossellini had with students at Rice University about his filmmaking; Tag Gallagher's visual essay \"\"Into the Future,\"\" Carlo Lizzani's 2001 biographical documentary Roberto Rossellini, and \"\"Letters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on Germany, Year Zero,\"\" a podium discussion with Lizzani shot at the 1987 Tutto Rossellini event. Finally, the collection also includes a host of bonus essays on Rossellini's life and work by such experts as Thomas Meder, Jonathan Rosenbaum, James Quandt, Irene Bignardi and Colin MacCabe.\"","brand":"SONY PICTURES HOME ENT\/IMAGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47091234406640,"sku":"0715515051316","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0715515051316_p0.jpg?v=1763839981","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0715515051316","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}