Carlotta: First Look at New 4K Restorations of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Mamma Roma and Accattone
Posted June 21, 2022 05:48 PM by Webmaster
French label Carlotta has provided a promotional trailer for the recent 4K restorations of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Accattone (1961) and Mamma Roma (1962). The 4K restorations will premiere in French cinemas this July.
In the United States, currently there are no Blu-ray releases of these films. Preliminary plans for upcoming 4K Blu-ray or Blu-ray releases have not been revealed.
Description: Anna Magnani is Mamma Roma, a middle-aged prostitute who attempts to extricate herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. Filmed in the great tradition of Italian neorealism, Mamma Roma offers an unflinching look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy, and highlights director Pier Paolo Pasolini's lifelong fascination with the marginalized and dispossessed. Though banned upon its release in Italy for obscenity, today Mamma Roma remains a classic, featuring a powerhouse performance by one of cinema's greatest actresses and offering a glimpse at a country's most controversial director in the process of finding his style.
Description: Pier Paolo Pasolini proved himself a radical with his very first feature, in which he courted controversy by applying Catholic iconography and the liturgical music of Bach to a grim neorealist story set in Italian society's lowest depths. Accattone (Franco Citti) is a shiftless pimp who loses his livelihood when the woman he works with is thrown in prison. Unable to support himself, the desperate Accattone sets his sights on luring a seemingly naive young woman (Franca Pasut) into sex work.