Salvatore Giuliano - Criterion Collection
by Francesco Rosi
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Actor: Bruno Ukmar, Frank Wolff, Pietro Cammarata, Salvo Randone, Ugo TorrenteDirector: Francesco Rosi
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 123 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of Salvatore Giuliano - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: This Criterion Collection DVD is PRIMO!
Summary: 5 Stars
About 18 years ao I rented this film on a very bad VHS in the 90s and even without captioning and the blurry flatness it was fascinating. Then, recently, after buying a digital TV and this 2-disk DVD, even in black & white (really because of it) it sharply captured the glaring Sicilian sun, the experience. In fact, with my digital TV I noticed the sky seemed very faintly lavender-blue above it all, with some oh-so-subtle pale lemon tints, and each leaf, each house in the village stood out in high relief. You could almost see the wind billowing from Giuliano's distinctive white overcoat. The village below is made of white-hot sugar cubes. I almost wanted to take out a handkerchief and wipe my brow. The only problem I had was often trying to read white captions when they were on very bright white pictures.
This film is more of a documentary because Francesco Rosi chose to film it that way, with the people doing natural things. In Giuliano's village of Montelepre its natives performed in the film, some who knew the legendary hero or criminal--take your pick. Actually, the sole professional actor was the late German-American Frank Wolff, who portrayed "Aspanu" Pisciotta, Giuliano's cousin and second-in command. He resembles Pisciotta (though Pisciotta had tuberculosis and was more frail, from what I have seen in his photos). The villagers speak a pure and very rapid Sicilian dialect and only the judge, lawyers, soldiers, and other outsiders use the familiar Fellini Italian.
The documentary on this legendary Sicilian "Robin Hood" begins with the glaring sun over the corpse of a young, murdered, 28-year-old Giuliano, lying prone in a plaza. Thus begins the saga, in flashbacks, under a blue-white-hot Sicilian sky. The mountains stand out in high relief, the outlaws leap nimbly about the rocks like sheep. The facts then randomly but somehow smoothly and faithfully recreate the outlaw's life. I could not move for the length of the film.
I also enjoyed the commentary, during which, however, Peter Cowley often strays from the plot, as do all commentators, but provides mostly timely information. The second disk contains a thorough and fascinating history of this and other films by Francesco Rosi, whose policy, when directing, seems to be "do your thing" but actually it is carefully staged. In some films directors cannot pull this off, but Rosi accomplished it here. A pity he is gone. I highly recommend this but it should be noted that it is not an American commercial film.
Summary of Salvatore Giuliano - Criterion Collection
Who murdered Salvatore Giuliano? July 5, 1950-the infamous bandit's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, Sicily, a handgun and rifle by his side. At the age of twenty-seven, Giuliano (Frank Wolff) was then both Italy's most wanted criminal and most celebrated hero of his day. In this groundbreaking work of investigative filmmaking, director Francesco Rosi harnesses the facts and myths surrounding the true story of Giuliano's death, creating a searching and startling expos? of Sicily and the web of relations between her citizens, the Mafia, the military, and government officials.Art House & International DVD Video
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