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Federico Fellini (Director), Vittorio De Sica (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Directors: Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti
  • Format: Anamorphic, DVD-Video, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language: Italian
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Mr Bongo Films
  • DVD Release Date: 27 April 2009
  • Run Time: 203 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0025TURZC
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Italian culture experiences a period of transition across the four short narratives that comprise Boccaccio 70. Renzo and Luciana (directed by Mario Monicelli) chronicles the plight of a loving couple who work in the same factory but have to hide their marriage because of work regulations forbidding interaction amongst factory employees. Its dramatic sincerity contrasts starkly with the extravagance of The Temptation of Doctor Antonio. Federico Fellini's first work in colour paints a phantasmagoric picture of the impact of mass-media consumerism on traditional values. This conflict is played out by the censorious Dr. Antonio (Peppino de Filippo) and his mighty opponent: a giant Anita Ekberg (La Dolce Vita) who teases her observers while stretched across a wide billboard.

Luchino Visconti s The Job features Romy Schneider (Les Choses de la Vie) as an aristocratic housewife. Humiliated by a lurid sex scandal involving her husband (Tomás Milián), she threatens to renounce her life of privilege by taking up a job and start working for a living. Vittorio De Sica's The Raffle is a comedy set in the working class world of carnival workers. Zoe, played by Sophia Loren (who had won an Oscar for De Sica s Two Women), is driven by familial obligations and love for a bullfighter to literally offer herself as a prize to be won at a raffle.

Seen together, these four miniatures offer a unique portrait of Italy during its economic miracle. This undertaking by iconic producer Carlo Ponti (La Strada, Lola) is more than an unprecedented gathering of singular talents; it's one of the greatest depictions of the diversity of Italian society.

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It has glamour, sophistication, color, wit and sensuality (not necessarily in that order), all of which blend very well in the enveloping air of a facility that is to be devoted to the showing of sophisticated films --New York Times

Boccaccio '70 is a celebration of the opposite sex, a foursome of testaments to the undying connection between women and life --DVD Talk

Boccaccio '70 is a celebration of the opposite sex, a foursome of testaments to the undying connection between women and life --DVD Talk

Boccaccio '70 is a celebration of the opposite sex, a foursome of testaments to the undying connection between women and life --DVD Talk

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5.0 out of 5 starsA great sampling of Italian cinema and show why it is fun
By Richard Brzostek on 22 Aug. 2010
Format: DVD
Boccaccio '70 is an Italian film that is made up of four parts, each being directed by a different person. Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica direct the four shorts. The only thing they have in common is they deal with love and life. Furthermore, they each have an unforgettable woman that is beautiful and enchanting. The four parts addd up to be a great sampling of Italian cinema and show why it is fun.

The first story shows us how ridiculous life can be. A woman working at an office is forbidden to be married or even have a boy friend, so she must secretly marry the man she loves. Keeping her secret from her boss isn't so easy and is quite funny.

Next, a man that goes out of his way to uphold morality and force women to cover up is faced with a provocative giant-size advertisement. He finds the woman on the billboard, which encourages people to drink milk, too stimulating. He becomes just as obsessed with the woman on the billboard as he does with his quest to cover it up.

The third part is probably the most somber. A wealthy count is exposed in the press using the services of expensive call girls. His beautiful wife is faced with this trying situation and professes to find work so that she can make her own money. But living a pampered life, her options are limited.

The final story stars Sophia Loren as a carnival worker who schemes a way to make some fast money to pay her bills. She ends up selling tickets to a lottery in which she is the prize for one night. The guy courting her isn't too happy when he finds out and the winner is so timid he hardly knows what to do.

Although all of the stories are entertaining, my favorite one is the fantasy about the giant woman.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsFour Great Films in One!
By Nicholas Casley TOP 500 REVIEWER on 29 Nov. 2011
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I bought this DVD because I am interested in the work of the director Luchino Visconti. But this movie of four-films-in-one, each separate film directed by a different Italian (the others are Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, and Vittorio de Sica) under overall producer Carlo Ponti, has proved to be an interesting and valued purchase for all four movies.

Produced in 1962 as a take on modern romance in the style of the Renaissance poet Boccaccio's `Decameron', I can understand why the original film may not have been hot box office material when it was first released. Despite featuring some of the hottest Italian and international stars of the day - Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Peppino de Filippo, Alfio Vita - it would be asking much for a member of the audience to sit through four films in one go, whose aggregate running time is over three hours. But watched separately on consecutive evenings, the outlooks that each film gives about modern Italian relationships in the 1960s is entertaining and insightful. There are also many features of these films that comment on other aspects of modern life, even on the film-making process itself, but this is sadly not the place to review such matters. Instead, I give a brief synopsis of each film.

In the first movie (directed by Monicelli) a young couple in the brave new world of postwar northern Italy (high-rise flats and down-payments for a new cooker) cannot let their employer know that they have secretly married for fear of losing their jobs. Fellini's film is a clever take on the story of the temptation of Saint Anthony; in this case a self-appointed moral guardian in Rome is haunted by a lascivious billboard advertising milk. Visconti's contribution is set in high-class Milanese society (where else?Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsWhy '70? It was made in '62.
By SeaWasp on 30 July 2010
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Actually, I believe the "'70" reference was a bit of a joke between the directors as they figured it wouldn't be released until 1970 due to censorship restrictions. You see, all stories have an underlying "sex" theme.

This movie is quite a commitment at 3 hours & 15 minutes running time, but the good news is that you can watch it in 4 x 50-minute segments (if you so desire) and not really lose anything, as the four segments have nothing at all to do with each other. Everybody has their favorite story and mine would be a toss-up between the Fellini and De Sica efforts. Fellini has the more interesting story (with an affectionate nod to "Attack Of The 50' Woman") but De Sica has Sophia Loren. This made it awfully hard to read the subtitles when Sophia was onscreen. She looks absolutely stunning and it is virtually impossible to take your eyes off her to read the subs. Having said that, I'd like to add that the stories don't really add up to much in and of themslves, and to me..well, the film is early '60s Italian eye-candy (which I love!) and not much more.

The dvd I speak of is the 'Mr Bongo' one. It plays ALL regions. Print quality is excellent (though not pristine) and it is in anamorphic wide screen. The Italian subtitles are removable. You also get "scene selection" and it comes in very handy if you are strapped for time and want to watch this movie over a period of 3 or 4 days. No other extras are included.

Don't kid yourself, this movie is by no means a 'classic'... but it sure is one hell of a pleasant diversion.
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