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Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani [3 X
Blu-ray]
The Day of the Owl aka Mafia (1968) Coming to individual Blu-ray in September 2024 HERE
The Case is Closed, Forget It (1971) Coming to individual
Blu-ray in September 2024
HERE
How to Kill a Judge (1975) Coming to individual Blu-ray in September 2024 HERE
The most American of directors according to celebrated critic Paolo Mereghetti,
Damiano Damiani (A
Bullet for the General) nevertheless surveyed his own country’s mafia
history unlike anyone before him, to critical and box office success. Three such
classic films are collected in this Blu-ray box set, presented from new
restorations. |
Posters
Theatrical Release: February 17th, 1968 - February 5th, 1975
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Runtime |
The Day of the Owl (Italian): 1:48:40.555
The Day of the Owl (Export): 1:43:11.852 |
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Video |
The Day of the Owl (Italian version): 1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 47,891,673,242 bytesFeature: 32,485,125,120 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.81 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
The Day of the Owl (Export version): 1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 47,891,673,242 bytesFeature: 30,852,858,816 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.82 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
The Case is Closed, Forget It (1971): 1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 47,614,462,848 bytesFeature: 34,374,669,696 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.66 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
How to Kill a Judge (1975): 1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 43,661,282,867 bytesFeature: 32,815,254,912 bytes Video Bitrate: 32.98 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio |
The Day of the Owl DTS-HD Master
Audio Italian 1458 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1458 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1479 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1479 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) The Case is Closed, Forget It LPCM Audio Italian
1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
How to Kill a Judge LPCM Audio Italian
2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit |
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Subtitles | English (translated), English (SDH), None | |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Radiance Films
Edition Details:
The Day of the Owl
Custom Blu-ray Case Chapters 12 / 12 / 12 / 12 |
Alternate (reversible) Covers included:
The Day of the Owl aka Mafia (1968) Coming to individual Blu-ray in September 2024 HERE
The Case is Closed, Forget It (1971) Coming to individual
Blu-ray in September 2024
HERE
How to Kill a Judge (1975) Coming to individual Blu-ray in September 2024 HERE
Comments: |
June 5th UPDATE from Radiance: ""Hi everyone, we have an update on Cosa Nostra release date. Unfortunately the Blu-ray for The Day of the Owl was found to have one minute of dialogue missing. This scene occurs at a seamless branching point and was missed by our QC operator (the subtitles were present but just wouldn't play so passed our subtitle QC earlier in the process). Upon discovering this we immediately rectified the issue and put a disc replacement programme in place for our stock at our warehouses in the UK and the US. This process is ongoing but will mean a short delay to the release date in the UK (approx. 2 weeks) and the US (approx 4 weeks)."
NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
ADDITION: Radiance Films
Blu-ray
(May 2023): Radiance Films have transferred three films - The Day of
the Owl aka Mafia (1968,) The Case is Closed, Forget It
(1971) and How to Kill a Judge (1975) - in their
Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero
in three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani Blu-ray
Package. It
NOTE: We have added 134 more large
resolution Blu-ray captures
(in lossless PNG format) for DVDBeaver Patrons HERE
On their
Blu-ray,
Radiance Films use three different audio transfers for the films. For
The Day of the Owl it is DTS-HD Master dual-mono tracks for the
original Italian and English DUB (both 24-bit.) The Case is Closed,
Forget It (1971) using DTS-HD Master (only 16-bit) transfers for the
original Italian and English DUB while How to Kill a Judge (1975)
has linear PCM dual-mono tracks (24-bit) for the original Italian and
English DUB. The films have aggressive sequences with reasonable
intensity but the tracks offer, authentically, modest depth. The score
on The Day of the Owl was by the Italian composer, pianist and
conductor,
Giovanni Fusco (The
Confession,
L'Avventura, The
Red Desert,
L'Eclisse,
Hiroshima Mon Amour,
Il Grido) sounding intense at times, and for
The Case is Closed, Forget It
we get a score by the
The Radiance Films
Blu-ray
On the The Case is Closed: Forget It Blu-ray we spend another 1/4 hour in a new interview with star Franco Nero discussing The Case is Closed: Forget It from 2022. The guy is timeless. There is a 1/2 hour archival documentary on the making of The Case is Closed: Forget It featuring actor Corrado Solari, assistant director Enrique Bergier and editor Antonio Siciliano from 2015 as they share their recollections on the production aspect of the film. Italy’s Cinematic Civil Conscience: An Examination of the Life and Works of Damiano Damiani is a new 35-minute visual essay on the career of Damiani Damiani by Rachael Nisbet, critic film critic and co-host of the Fragments Of Fear Giallo Podcast. Lastly on this Blu-ray is a trailer for The Case is Closed: Forget It.
On the How to Kill a Judge disc there is another
new, 13-minute, interview with star Franco Nero discussing How to
Kill a Judge where he recalls specifics on the production.
Lessons in Violence is a new 20-minute video essay on How to Kill
a Judge by filmmaker David Cairns who looks at Damiani's unique
approach to filmmaking. There is also a new 1/2 hour interview with
Alberto Pezzotta, author of
Regia Damiano Damiani,
who discusses Damiani’s contribution to the mafia and crime genres and
the reception of his films in Italy from 2022. Included is both an
English and Italian trailer for the film. Radiance Films' Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani Blu-ray package is not adhering to a strict classification of 'Poliziotteschi' films (see our review of Arrow's Years Of Lead: Five Classic Italian Crime Thrillers 1973-1977 boxset) although they certainly do relate to polizia "police" and detective fiction crime - albeit they are more specifically Mafioso-topic focused. Damiano Damiani, part of the 'Group of Venice', has a style that has described him as "the most American of Italian directors" by Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti and "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity" by none other than Pier Paolo Pasolini (see Pasolini 101.) He made almost 40 features. The Day of the Owl aka Mafia is, debatably, the best film of the set (or The Case Is Closed, Forget It) and is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Leonardo Sciascia, adapted for the screen by Damiani and Ugo Pirro and is the first in director Damiani's 'Mafia trilogy'. It has the appealing cast of Nero, gorgeous Claudia Cardinale, and, brief pivotal appearances by Lee J. Cobb. The Case Is Closed, Forget It is based on the novel Tante Sbarre (trad. "Many Bars"), written by Leros Pittoni and has Nero as an architect put in prison for traffic violations. While incarcerated he sees the sad reality of life behind bars including corrupt staff + inmates, and an damaged judicial system manipulated by the pervasive Mafia. It's quite a good film on Italian prison life. How to Kill a Judge (The Murder of a Magistrate or Why Does One Kill a Magistrate?) is the final chapter in Damiani's trilogy about the Mafia, after The Day of the Owl and Confessions of a Police Captain. The film centers on events that spark the murder of a judge who gets too friendly with the Mafia but the governing corrupt politicians induce cover-ups which expose a viscous circle to the societal malaise. Radiance Films' Blu-ray package of Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero in three Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani Blu-ray package is wonderfully complete with accoutrements - each film has optional English DUBs, exhaustive supplements including modern Nero interviews, visual essay gold, and a 120-page book, plus HD presentations indicative of the theatrical appearance. Franco Nero fans will not be able to resist this set and the Italian crime-cinema here is top shelf. It's very strongly recommended! Wow - Radiance Films once again proves they are the 'real deal'. What great news for physical media personal archivists. |
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The Day of the Owl
The Case is Closed, Forget It
How to Kill a Judge
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