Essential Fellini (1950-1987)

[StLouisRibs]

[Mister_Kidd]

Nights of Cabiria, finally!

[postmodel]

Another set to add to the list!

[cgpublic]

Bravo Bravo Bravo!

[bergman864]

That's fantastic. I already own a great copy of City of Women and the other biggies (Casanova, Orchestra Rehearsal, Voice of the Moon) are easy to get.

[Dailyan]

Fifteen-Blu-ray Special Edition Collector’s Set Features

New 4K restorations of 11 theatrical features, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks for all films
New digital restorations of the short film Toby Dammit (1968) and the television film Fellini: A Director’s Notebook (1969), with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
Feature documentaries Fellini: I’m a Born Liar (2002) and Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (1997), the latter presented in its 193-minute version
Two-hour, four-part 1960 interview with director Federico Fellini by filmmaker André Delvaux for Belgian television
Four behind-the-scenes documentaries: Reporter’s Diary: “Zoom on Fellini” (1965), Ciao, Federico! (1969), The Secret Diary of “Amarcord” (1974), and Fellini racconta: On the Set of “And the Ship Sails On” (1983)
Fellini racconta: Passegiatte nella memoria, a 2000 documentary featuring interviews with a late-in-life Fellini
Giulietta Masina: The Power of a Smile, a 2004 documentary about Fellini’s wife and frequent collaborator
Once Upon a Time: “La dolce vita,” a French television documentary about the film
Audio commentaries on six of the films
Program from 2003 on Fellini's 1980s television advertising work
Archival interviews with Fellini stars and collaborators, including Mastroianni, Sandra Milo, Anouk Aimée, and Magali Noël
Archival audio interviews by film critic Gideon Bachmann with Fellini, Mastroianni, and Fellini's friends and family
Video essays, trailers, and more
PLUS: Deluxe packaging, including two lavishly illustrated books with hundreds of pages of content: notes on the films by scholar David Forgacs, essays by filmmakers Michael Almereyda, Kogonada, and Carol Morley; film critics Bilge Ebiri and Stephanie Zacharek; and novelist Colm Tóibín, and dozens of images spotlighting Don Young’s renowned collection of Fellini memorabilia

Collector’s set designed by Raphael Geroni, with new illustrations by Abigail Giuseppe

[McCrutchy]

Excellent!

[Jr7936]

The criterion price seems pretty good for $199.99 on sale from 249.95

I wonder if any site will be any cheaper for it, other then the bn sale if they have it again

[Poya]

I’m afraid this will overshadow the Varda collection. Why get the BD collection of the best films by a woman when you can get one directed by a man?

[brainofj72]

Well, looks like I’ve got some Fellini BDs I need to offload. I definitely need those HD upgrades for I vitelloni, Juliet of the Spirits, and Intervista.

[frakking toaster]

Originally Posted by Poya

I’m afraid this will overshadow the Varda collection. Why get the BD collection of the best films by a woman when you can get one directed by a man?

That sounds like a personal problem.

[bonehica]

This will be a no brainer for me. I've always wanted to delve further into Fellini beyond just 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita. Excellent news indeed!

[HipsterTrash]

Oh god. First the Friday the 13th set is going to hit me hard, then a month later, THIS.
Looks brilliant, and I can't wait to own it.

[Worship.my.wreck]

Originally Posted by Poya

I’m afraid this will overshadow the Varda collection. Why get the BD collection of the best films by a woman when you can get one directed by a man?

[guizhang]

very cool. this should be included in the next BN sale right. might wait for that

[tama]

Will await reviews. Amarcord and Roma if I remember correctly had questionable color grading for their recent 4K masters. Want to see if this is still the case or if that carried over to the other films.

[BluProofie]

Whoa.

[SteelyTom]

Does this mean Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 have new 4k transfers? Or will the new set include older and new ones, a la the Bergman box?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by SteelyTom

Does this mean Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 have new 4k transfers? Or will the new set include older and new ones, a la the Bergman box?

I assume "La Dolce Vita" and "Satyricon" will be the same as the standalone releases since both of those were from 4K restorations.

[Azores26]

Fantastic set! I only have "La Dolce Vita" on blu-ray, so I'm certainly going to get this!