Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 3

9781681437590

Widescreen edition

9 videodiscs (circa 694 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (59 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
digital optical
videodisc
Blu-ray
video file Blu-Ray region A
polychrome

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

World Cinema Project No. 3

Blu-ray Disc
Collective title from slipcase container. Credits from accompanying booklet
'Pixote' based on the novel 'Infância dos mortos' by José Louzeiro
Originally released as motion pictures 1934-1980
Special features: New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese; Humberto andLucía, a 2020 documentary short by Carlos Barba Salva featuring Lucía director Humberto Solás, actors Adela Legrá and Eslinda Núñez, editor and screenwriter Nelson Rodríguez, and filmmaker Enrique Pineda Barnet ; New interview with journalist J.B. Kristanto on 'After the curfew' ; Excerpts from an interview with 'Pixote' director Héctor Babenco, recorded in 2016 for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Visual History Program Collection ; U.S.-release prologue for 'Pixote,' created by Babenco; New interview with film scholar Charles Ramírez Berg on 'Dos monjes'; Excerpts from an interview with 'Soleil Ô' director Med Hondo, conducted by his cinematographer François Catonné in 2018; New interview with director Bahram Beyzaie on 'Downpour'
Director, Hector Babenco, Bahram Beyzaie, Med Hondo, Usmar Ismail, Juan Bustillo Oro, Humberto Solas
Blu-ray; region A; LPCM 1.0 mono; requires Blu-ray player
English, Arabic, French, Indonesian, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish audio; English subtitles

[1] Lucía / El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematograficos ; producers, Raúl Canosa, Camilo Vives ; screenplay, Humberto Solás, Julio García Espinosa, Nelson Rodríguez ; director, Humberto Solás (Cuba, 1968, 160 min., black and white, mono, In Spanish with optional English subtitles, 1.66:1)
[2] Lewat djam malam = After the curfew / Perfini ; screenplay, Asrul Sani ; producers, Usmar Ismail, Djamaluddin Malik ; directed by Usmar Ismail (Indonesia, 1954, 102 minutes, black and white, mono, In Indonesian with optional English subtitles, 1.37:1)
[3] Pixote : a lei do mais fraco = Pixote : the law of the weakest / HB Filmes ; producer, Sílvia B. Naves ; written by Héctor Babenco and Jorge Duran ; directed by Héctor Babenco (Brazil, 1980, 126 min., color, mono, In Portuguese with optional English subtitles, 1.85:1)
[4] Dos monjes = Two monks / Proa Films ; producer, José San Vincente ; screenplay, Juan Bustillo Oro, José Manuel Cordero ; director, Juan Bustillo Oro (Mexico, 1934, 79 minutes, black and white, mono, In Spanish with optional English subtitles, 1.37:1)
[5] Soleil Ô = Oh, sun / Grey Films, Shango Films ; screenplay and directed by Med Hondo (Mauritania, 1970, 102 min., black and white, mono, In French with optional English subtitles, 1.37:1)
[6] R ̄agbar = Downpour / Sazmane Cinemaie Panaroma ; producer, Barbod Taheri ; screenplay and directed by Bahram Beyzaie (Iran, 1972, 129 minutes, black and white, mono, In Farsi with English subtitles, 1.37:1)

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