The Criterion Collection has released a clip from an exclusive video interview with actress Stefania Sandrelli which is included on the new Blu-ray release of the 4K restoration of Antonio Pietrangeli's film I Knew Her Well.
Official synopsis: This prismatic portrait of the days and nights of a party girl in sixties Rome is a revelation. On the surface, I Knew Her Well, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, plays like an inversion of La dolce vita with a woman at its center, following the gorgeous, seemingly liberated Adriana (Divorce Italian Style's Stefania Sandrelli) as she dallies with a wide variety of men, attends parties, goes to modeling gigs, and circulates among the rich and famous. Despite its often light tone, though, the film is a stealth portrait of a suffocating culture that regularly dehumanizes people, especially women. A seriocomic character study that never strays from its complicated central figure while keeping us at an emotional remove, I Knew Her Well is one of the most overlooked films of the sixties, by turns hilarious, tragic, and altogether jaw-dropping.
Restoration credits: The Criterion Collection created the new 4K restoration in partnership with the Cineteca di Bologna from the 35mm original camera negative and a 35mm fine-grain positive. The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from the soundtrack negative.