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I Knew Her Well, Blu-ray (1965/2016)

by Audiophile Audition | Feb 15, 2016 | DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews

A 1965 classic which helped define Italy in the ‘60s. I Knew Her Well, Blu-ray (1965/2016) Director: Antonio Pietrangeli Cast: Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy Video: 1.85:1 for 16:9 screens, 1080p HD black & white Audio: Italian PCM mono Studio: RAI Cinema/ The Criterion Collection 801 (2/23/16) Subtitles: English Extras: New interview with Stefania Sandrelli, New interview with film scholar Luca Barattoni on director Pietrtangeli, Archival footage of Sandrelli’s audition, Essay in printed booklet by journalist and author Alexander Stille Length: 115 min. Rating: **** Italy was having a crucial transformation at this time, with things moving toward more of an urban and moneyed environment and away from the neo-realist films which their filmmakers had been doing earlier. Basically, this is an intimate portrait of a party girl in 1960s Rome, making it a woman at its center rather than the male of La dolce vita. The beautiful and seemingly liberated Adriana has a wide variety of men, and goes to parties, modeling jobs, and circulating among the rich and famous. This ends up being a character study of Adriana, as we move with her thru scenes that are funny and also tragic in some ways. The well-known actor […]