Bitter rice
(DVD)

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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
ISBN
1551430924, 9781551430928
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italian
ISBN
1551430924, 9781551430928
UPC
715515165211
Accelerated Reader
LG
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Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Fullscreen (1.33:1) aspect ratio.
General Note
DVD release of the 1949 motion picture.
General Note
Special features: Giuseppe de Santas, a 2007 documentary by screenwriter Carlo Lizzani ; interview with Lizzani from 2003 ; trailer ; essay by critic Pasquale Iannone.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Otello Martelli ; editor, Gabriele Varriale ; music, Goffredo Petrassi.
Participants/Performers
Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano.
Description
During planting season in Northern Italy's Po Valley, an earthy rice-field worker falls in with a small-time criminal who is planning a daring heist of the crop, as well as his femme-fatale-ish girlfriend. Both a socially conscious look at the hardships endured by underpaid field workers and a melodrama tinged with sex and violence.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Target Audience
NP L,Lexile
System Details
DVD ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In Italian, with optional subtitles in English.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

De Santis, G., Alvaro, C., Lizzani, C., Musso, C., Perilli, I., Puccini, G., Gassman, V., Dowling, D., & Mangano, S. (2016). Bitter rice (Special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Giuseppe De Santis et al.. 2016. Bitter Rice. [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Giuseppe De Santis et al.. Bitter Rice [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection, 2016.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

De Santis, G., Alvaro, C., Lizzani, C., Musso, C., Perilli, I., Puccini, G. and Gassman, V. et al (2016). Bitter rice. Special edn. [New York, New York]: The Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

De Santis, Giuseppe, et al. Bitter Rice Special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2016.

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