The Conformist (1970) (New 4K Restoration) (Raro Video)

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Rare Video (via Kino distribution) will be doing a new release of The Conformist (Il Conformista) on Blu-ray on November 28th. This is a 2-disc set, which will also include the previous 2011 restoration on a second Blu-ray.

The Conformist Blu-ray



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Product Extras

Disc 1

-Includes the new 4K restoration of The Conformist from the original camera negative by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Minerva Pictures under the supervision of Fondazione Bernardo Bertolucci.
-NEW Audio Commentary by Film Critic Bilge Ebiri
-New Interview with Valentina Ricciardelli, president of the Bernardo Bertolucci Foundation
-2023 Re-Release Trailer

Disc 2

-Includes the 2011 HD restoration of The Conformist created in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, Vittorio Storaro and Bernardo Bertolucci
-In the Shade of the Conformist (57 min)
-Original 1970 U.S. Theatrical Trailer
-2014 Re-Release Trailer

The Conformist – 4K Re-Release Trailer – Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean-Louis Trintignant - YouTube

In Mussolini's Italy, repressed Jean-Louis Trintignant, trying to purge memories of a youthful, homosexual episode – and murder – joins the Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in. As the reluctant Judas motors to his personal Gethsemane (the assassination of his leftist mentor), he flashes back to a dance party for the blind; an insane asylum in a stadium; and wife Stefania Sandrelli and lover Dominique Sanda dancing the tango in a working class hall. But those are only a few of this political thriller's anthology pieces, others including Trintignant's honeymoon coupling with Sandrelli in a train compartment as the sun sets outside their window; a bimbo lolling on the desk of a fascist functionary, glimpsed in the recesses of his cavernous office; a murder victim's hands leaving bloody streaks on a limousine parked in a wintry forest. Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece, adapted from the Alberto Moravia novel, boasts an authentic Art Deco look created by production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, a score by the great Georges Delerue and breathtaking color cinematography by Vittorio Storaro.