Mad Man: Lou Castel in Fists in the Pocket
By April 13, 2012
Film Info
- Italy
- 1965
- 108 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.85:1
- Italian
- Spine #333
Tormented by twisted desires, a young man takes drastic measures to rid his grotesquely dysfunctional family of its various afflictions in this astonishing 1965 debut from Marco Bellocchio. Charged by a coolly assured style, shocking perversity, and savage gallows humor, Fists in the Pocket was a gleaming ice pick in the eye of bourgeois family values and Catholic morality, a truly unique work that continues to rank as one of the great achievements of Italian cinema.
Cast
| Alessandro | Lou Castel |
| Giulia | Paola Pitagora |
| Augusto | Marino Masé |
| Mother | Liliana Gerace |
| Leone | Pierluigi Troglio |
| Lucia | Jenny MacNeil |
Credits
| Director | Marco Bellocchio |
| Screenplay | Marco Bellocchio |
| Producer | Enzo Doria |
| Cinematography | Alberto Marrama |
| Editing | Silvano Agosti |
| Music | Ennio Morricone |
| Production manager | Ugo Novello |
| Art direction | Gisella Longo |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- New video interviews with director Marco Bellocchio, actors Lou Castel and Paola Pitagora, editor Silvano Agosti, and critic Tullio Kezich
- Video afterword by director Bernardo Bertolucci
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Deborah Young and an interview with Bellocchio
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse and Peter Grant
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