Cult Films: Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits Heading to Blu-ray
Posted May 15, 2017 02:19 PM by Webmaster
British label Cult Films will release on Blu-ray Federico Fellini's classic film Juliet of the Spirits (1965), starring Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, and Valeska Gert. The release will be available for purchase on August 28.
Synopsis: Fellini's first full-length color feature is also a homage to his wife, Giulietta Masina, who gives a superb performance in this stunning cinematic classic.
Giulietta is a bored, timid and unfulfilled wife who suspect that her husband is being unfaithful. She enters a surreal fantasy journey of discovery filled with dreams and fantasies. The images that Fellini creates become more and more dazzling and hypnotic in their effect. Much of her fantasies involved her sexually liberated neighbour Suzy, played by Sandra Milo, but are they part of the plot or is Fellini exploring his own desire?
Fellini's self-styled 'adult fairy tale' is a kaleidoscope of visual wonders complimented by a truly delightful Nino Rota score.
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On July 24, the label will also release on Blu-ray Vittorio De Sica's film Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), starring Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Tecla Scarano, and Armando Trovajoli.
Synopsis: Three separate tales in which Sophia Loren and Mastroianni appear as different characters paired up in each segment with a connecting theme of comedy of the sexes.
Special Features:
Sophia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - a candid intimate interview with of Loren with exclusive footage of her family, close friends and collaborators such as Woody Allen, Giorgio Armani and others.
Vittorio D - a tribute to multi-awarded maestro filmmaker De Sica, a milestone of Cinema history. With participations from the likes of Clint Eastwood, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, etc.