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Press Notes: Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy
The critics agree that Criterion’s release of Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy, featuring major restorations of the unassailable landmarks of Italian cinema Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Year Zero, is something of a landmark itself. As Dave Kehr reminds us in his New York Times review of the collection, these are films “that helped to lay the foundations of modern cinema,” and “for decades now it’s been impossible to see Rossellini’s War Trilogy, as the films have come to be called, in any kind of decent condition . . . Which is why I’m feeling particularly grateful to the Criterion Collection for its newest release.”
GQ’s Tom Carson is similarly appreciative: “Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy is the most thrilling DVD release I expect to write up in 2010 . . . Rediscovering how great they really are is a welcome shock. In movie terms, this was where the second half of the twentieth century began.” Also mightily impressed is DVD Beaver’s Gary Tooze, who writes, “I feel Criterion’s 500th spine number, Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy, is one of their most important releases . . . ever.” Tooze notes that this “may very well be the best these three films have looked for over fifty years,” and finishes his review by saying, “This has our highest recommendation as one of Criterion’s greatest releases.” And this just in, from the Los Angeles Times’ Sam Adams.
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