Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5138 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-09-25
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 475 minutes

Synopsis
5 masterpieces from one of the greatest eras of cinema. Boxset includes: 'Rome, Open City', 'The Bicycle Thieves', 'Miracle in Milan', 'Umberto D' and 'I Vitelloni'.

Customer Reviews

Five Masterpieces that every cinema fan should own!
If you have the remotest interest in powerful character driven cinema and a mindset which is open to other cultures, in this boxset you will find five of the most enthralling masterpieces of Italian neo-realist cinema.

In some, nothing much happens, but this is exactly the point! The directors of the neo realist movement captured on film the essence of the raw emotions and challenges of everyday life in post-war Italy, often using non professional actors which resulted in some of the most mesmerising images and stories in cinema.

Do yourself a favour and buy this.

Five Classics
All five of these films are classics of post-war Italian cinema. These are must-see films for any students of neo-realism. Shot on low budgets often with amateur actors, they convey the harsh realities of Italy after World War II. These films brim with humanity and even today cannot fail to move the audience.

Wrong set title
How can one even think of calling 'The neo realist collection' a set that contains only two (3three with a push) neo-realist films? Whoever chose these titles shows no knowledge at all of the Italian neo-realism. "Umberto D." is a plae shadow of its predecessors but certainly Fellin's 'Vitelloni" and De Sica's "Miracle in Milan" have NOTHING to do with neo-realism!
A 'corretct' set would include 'Germania anno zero', 'Paisà', 'Ladri di biciclette'.