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| Fellini’s Roma |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 07 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Stefano Majore, Fiona Florence, Peter Gonzales, Brita Barnes. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML102328 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
117 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1972 |
| (LD Release Date): |
11/1/93 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Federico Fellini |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Federico Fellini & Bernardino Zapponi |
| (Story): |
Federico Fellini & Bernardino Zapponi |
| (Music): |
Nino Rota |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
NA |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Ruggero Mastroianni |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Danilo Marciani |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Lamberto Pippia |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Fellini’s Roma is a view of Rome from the memories of the critically acclaimed director before World War II. Federico Fellini (director of four Oscar®-winning Best Foreign Language Films—1956’s La Strada, 1957’s The Nights Of Cabiria, 1963 8 1/2 and 1974’s Amarcord) presents a fantasy-laden experimental journey based on images and sequences inspired by the filmmaker’s remembrances. The painting-like photography and dazzling imagery is beautiful to look at with the settings shifting from outdoor banquets to music halls, subterranean tunnels to bordellos, all en-livened by Fellini’s unique style and imagination. If there is a message to his audacious pomp it is along the lines of the film’s ad lines which billed it as “the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, 1931-1972!”
LaserDisc Picture:
Rich saturated color and a warm natural film-like quality make this a captivating picture. Giuseppe Rotunno’s cinematography is magnificent, however the original 1.66:1 composition is matted to 1.85:1.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The mono sound is unfortunately extremely compressed and undefined.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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