Cover image for The tree of wooden clogs [DVD video]
Title:
The tree of wooden clogs [DVD video]
Edition:
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
ISBN:
9781681432199
Abstract:
A painterly and sensual immersion in late nineteenth-century Italian farm life that lovingly focuses on four families working for one landowner on an isolated estate in the province of Bergamo.
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978.

1.37:1 aspect ratio.

New 4K restoration, created in collaboration with The Film Foundation at L'Immagine Ritrovata and supervised by director Ermanno Olmi.

Special features: new video introduction by Mike Leigh; Ermanno Olmi, the Roots of the Tree, an hourlong episode of the South Bank Show from 1981, featuring an interview with Olmi on the film and a visit to the farm where it was shot; new program featuring cast and crew discussing film at the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna, Italy, in 2016; archival interviews with Olmi; trailer; essay by film critic Deborah Young.
Performers:
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli, Carlo Rota, Pasqualina Brolis, Massimo Fratus.
Contents:
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC; region 1; full frame (4:3 presentation); Dolby digital 1.0.
Language:
Italian
Additional Language:
Bergamasque with optional Italian soundtrack and optional English subtitles.
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