The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)
1971
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Aug 14, 2023 · Gran Bollito (also known as Black Journal) is new on Blu-ray from Twilight Time, and it’s a bizarre little concoction that doesn’t fit into any easy genre category. Part costume drama, part dark comedy, part satire, part horror, Gran Bollito ’s austere cinematography and design belies a wide-eyed freakfest that seems almost impossible to ...
Dec 20, 2016 · At the top of these is his 1977 Gran Bollito (aka Black Journal) a Grand Guignol styled re-imagining of the infamous serial killer Leonarda Cianciulli, better known as the “Soap-Maker of Correggio.”. Throw in a game Shelley Winters as said serial killer and a host of male actors playing her female victims (including Max Von Sydow), and one ...
- Production: 2.5/5
- EO: 3.5/5
- Io: 3.5/5
- Cial Features: 2.5/5
- Rall: 2.5/5
Based on the story of a real-life Italian female serial killer, Mauro Bolognini’s Gran Bollito is a black comedy-drama that follows its own unique course traversing through sometimes familiar and yet also uncharted territory in the serial killer genre. Featuring an international cast of actors, some of whom at times playing dual roles of different ...
3D Rating: NA
The film’s 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio is presented in a 1080p transfer using the AVC codec. This is not the most striking transfer in the Twilight Time hall of fame. Sharpness is never better than good and is sometimes quite soft, possibly to soften the male actors playing their opposite gender roles and to take a few years off Shelley Winters’ Lea. Color looks quite dated and is very pale throughout though the glimpses of blood that we get do come across more vividly than one might expec...
The DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono Italian sound mix has been post synched, of course, due to the international cast, so the dialogue has that flat, toneless sound typical of post dubbing. The sparse music cues and the atmospheric effects mix with the dialogue smoothly. There are some sporadic pops and noise on the soundtrack though it’s not prolific...
Audio Commentary: film historians David Del Valle and Derek Botelho discuss the actual murder case the film is based on and also talk about Shelley Winters’ career and the film’s odd mix of tones and tempos. Theatrical Trailer(3:55, HD) Six-Page Booklet: contains some color stills, original poster art on the back cover, and film historian Julie Kir...
Certainly not one of Twilight Time’s mainstream efforts, Gran Bollito is an interesting if not altogether satisfying variance from the norm of serial killer films. The cast is engaging, and the movie treads its own unique path that you may find quite intriguing. There are only 3,000 copies of this Blu-ray available. Those interested in purchasing i...
Feb 6, 2017 · Gran Bollito is far from a typical serial killer movie. Even though it might bore genre hounds and might be too weird for anyone expecting a straight melodrama, it's certainly an original and unique experience. Oktay Ege Kozak is a film critic and screenwriter based in Portland, Oregon.
Dec 26, 2016 · Mauro Bolognini, that master of Italian costume and period dramas, gives us a peculiar slice of Grand Guignol with Gran Bollito (Black Journal, 1977).The film stars Shelley Winters as a mother so insanely over-protective of her grown son that she decides to make a deal with death by offering alternate victims, plucked from among her fellow tenants in a 1938 Italian apartment building; among ...
Dec 30, 2016 · Gran Bollito is a sober period film directed by Mauro Bolognini, an acclaimed filmmaker known for his sober period films, and yet for some reason this film features Max von Sydow, Swedish GIANT ...
Nov 15, 2016 · 'Gran Bollito' arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Twilight Time pressed onto a Region Free BD-50 disc. Housed in a clear standard Blu-ray case, the disc comes with a booklet containing stills from the film as well as a terrific essay by Film Historian Julie Kirgo. The disc loads directly to a static image main menu with traditional navigation options.
