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GOMORRA (2008)

AKAs:
Gomorrah (International: English title) (UK) (USA)

imdb.com/title/tt0929425/
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Criterion Collection # 493

DVD RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 24, 2009 (!)


Director: Matteo Garrone

Description:
Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah is a stark, shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinemas most authentic depictions of organized crime. In this tour de force adaptation of undercover Italian reporter Roberto Saviano's best-selling expose' of Naples' Mafia underworld (known as the Camorra), Garrone links five disparate tales in which men and children are caught up in a corrupt system that extends from the housing projects to the world of haute couture. Filmed with an exquisite detachment interrupted by bursts of violence, Gomorrah is a shattering, socially engaged true-crime story from a major new voice in Italian cinema.

READ:
IN THE GRIP OF ITALY'S BLOODIEST MAFIA CLAN
Gomorrah has been hailed as a classic mafia movie, which lays bare the savagery of the Neapolitan Camorra and how it developed into a political and cultural force. It is based on a bestselling book, whose author, Roberto Saviano, now lives in fear of his life under armed guard. Former Italy correspondent Ed Vulliamy returns to Naples to meet Saviano and witness, first hand, the brutal gang's reign of terror.
guardian.co.uk/film/2008/oct/05/mafia.italy


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.37 + 7.10 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 137 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Italian

Subtitles: optional English



DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

# New high-definition transfer, supervised and approved by director Matteo Garrone and director of photography Marco Onorato.
# Five Stories, a 60-minute documentary on the making of Gomorrah.
# New video interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo.
# Interview with writer Roberto Saviano.
# Short video piece featuring Servillo and actors Gianfelice Imparato and Salvatore Cantalupo.
# Deleted scenes.
# Theatrical trailer.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.


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