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The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpasso stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, this film, directed by Dino Risi, is a wildly entertaining commentary on the ...
Il sorpasso. Directed by Dino Risi • 1962 • Italy. Starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant. The ultimate Italian road comedy, IL SORPASSO stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to ...
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The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpassostars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, this film, directed by Dino Risi, is a...
Dino Risi’s road comedy Il sorpassogets a dual-format release from The Criterion Collection, the film presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The Blu-ray presents the film with a new 1080p/24hz high-definition transfer on a dual-layer disc. A standard-definition version is presented on the first dual-layer DVD and has been enhanced for wi...
The film receives a lossless linear PCM mono track on the Blu-ray and a Dolby Digital 1.0 mono track on the DVD. It’s a bit edgy, with the squeal of the car horn being particularly obnoxious (though maybe that’s intentional) but volume levels are adequate and the track is free of damage. Any issues with it can solely be blamed on the age of the mat...
Criterion manages to pack a lot onto this release, starting with an introduction by Alexander Payne. It’s a quick 5-minute video where the director recalls first seeing the film (on a VHS bootleg,) how it played a part in influencing Sideways, and the film’s presentation of Italy and its people at the time. Criterion next digs up a 20-minute interv...
It’s a nice special edition, featuring a strong high-definition transfer and an excellent wealth of material. BUY AT:
Il sorpasso ( lit. '"the overtaking"' ), also titled The Easy Life in English, is a 1962 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Dino Risi and starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Spaak.
Apr 28, 2014 · Blu-ray Review: Dino Risi’s. Il Sorpasso. on the Criterion Collection. The film is a searing sociological X-ray that lays bare the true cost of Italy’s early-’60s economic miracle. Hilarious and heartbreaking, Dino Risi’s Il Sorpasso is a textbook example of genre cinema that sneaks in its subversive subtext like a pimped-out Trojan horse.
Apr 29, 2014 · The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpasso stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. An unpredictable journey that careers from slapstick to tragedy, this film, directed by Dino Risi ...
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