U.S. label Raro Video has officially announced that it will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: Fernando Di Leo's
To Be Twenty, Massimo Dallamano's
The Secret of Dorian Gray, and Gillo Pontecorvo's
Kapo. The three releases are expected to arrive on the market this fall.
The Secret of Dorian Gray
Synopsis:
The Secret of Dorian Gray is a classic, seventies, Italian film restored to its original splendor. Taking place in London, a wealthy young man, Dorian Gray, is in love with an aspiring actress named Sybil. He is also in the process of getting his portrait painted by his ascot-wearing friend, Basil. When the portrait is finished however, Dorian complains that he will grow old while the painting will never change. On the same night, as if he has sold his soul to the devil, exchanging vanity for morality, he ends it with Sybil, and accepts the seductive offer of a woman whose party he attends. The next day, the painting looks slightly older. In horror and fascination, Dorian hides it away and continues a life of sexual experimentation. Over time, the portrait shows signs of aging, but he remains youthful as if fueled by his ever-increasing libidinal lifestyle; finally, he and Basil face the painting. The exceptionally groovy score by Giuseppe De Luca enhances the seventies milieu. Cinematography by Otello Spila (Pier Paolo Pasolini's
Theorem, Paolo Cavara's
The Black Belly of the Tarantula).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Digital Transfer from Original 35mm Negative Print
- Interview with the assistant director Maurizio Tanfani
- A fully illustrated booklet containing critical analysis
- A fully illustrated Booklet including critical analysis of the film
- New and Improved English subtitle translation
To Be Twenty
Twenty, beautiful, sexy and liberated, and fed up with their provincial lives, Lia and Tina decide to hitchhike their way to Rome to find a commune where they can stay and live the life of free love. . . or so they think. Things don't go as they have planned though, and soon they become involved in prostitution, the police and an aggressive gang which all culminates with a brutal and unexpected violent end. Original uncensored director's cut of the film. Cinematography by Roberto Gerardi (Mario Monicelli's
The Great War, Vittorio De Sica's
Marriage Italian Style).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Digital Transfer from Original 35mm Negative Print
- FULLY UNCUT VERSION
of the film
- Theatrical Version of the film
- Documentary Vent'anni per un Massacro
- Photo gallery
- Original Screenplay
- Biography and Filmography
- New and Improved English subtitle translation
- Language: Italian and English with English subtitles
Kapò
Edith, a 14 year-old Jewish girl living in Paris under German occupation, is led away with her family to a concentration camp. A sympathetic prisoner working in the infirmary saves her life by giving her a new identity as "Nicole," a thief (and non-Jew) who has just died. However, she is shattered when she witnesses her parents being led away for extermination. Now determined to survive at any cost, she succeeds at getting transferred to a labor camp and improves her status there by prostituting herself to SS officers. Over time, she is promoted to the position of kapo and her soul hardens. When Sascha, a Russian prisoner of war, arrives at the camp, the two fall in love and a sense of altruism is reawakened in her. Seeing that little time is left for the prisoners at the camp, she agrees to collaborate on a risky escape plan. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo (
The Battle of Algiers).