Good points, thanks!

Thanks for your message. I understand this is a 2-color process, but have found little documentation on the original Magnacolor look. The only useful samples are the frame enlargements to be found here , with good blues but yellowish/orange skin tones. https://filmcolors.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/...

This is supposed to be the first Zorro film in color, but I see that it is currently available on DVD both in b/w and in color. I am not familiar with the Magnacolor process, but some screenshots from the color version look somehow uneven (almost like colorized). Any hint if this is the original Mag...

The English-friendly disc of Tomorrow We Dance is now available in the US through Diabolik DVD.

Here you will find a full list of the DVD Awards winner.
My own edition of Don't Count on Us won the Peter von Bagh awards.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/OVV8zq5m-Z3tl7OxKNZ_XvsUAvl0fDrLEwcdLvJjbs5ZTTlhQjRCkOSu5qC9KZxqZGCD7A_tPUMJg76UKJc1slda035xa2HKluzWcZf8e5qyjTtYhhjS7F5JD7FRSqwYQXlS_JRplMdDYTM=w530-h405-p-rw Maurizio Nichetti is one of the most original Italian comedians, since his style is deeply influence...

Larry Semon's shorts were dubbed in Italy and the results are silly even if I don't exactly understand everything that is said. Larry Semon dubbed films enjoyed great popularity on Italian TV in the 1960s. A 1953 compilation of Italian-dubbed shorts has been recently published on DVD (available on ...

fredhedges wrote:Which film is that third screenshot from?

That's Assunta Spina.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7o-tx1oS_OY/VikGSCXtzcI/AAAAAAAABPk/KF9MX7RAbXM/s1600/assunta.jpg The Cineteca di Bologna DVD is now available at Amazon.it . The disc features the 1993 restoration, plus two more Neapolitan melodramas from the 1912, Tempestuous Love (21 minutes) and The Fascination of Vio...

Isn't the surviving print a 16 millimeter format? In 2014, a restoration was screened at Bologna. It was from George Eastman House, with the restoration funded by The Film Foundation. http://www.film-foundation.org/common/movies/film_details_v2.cfm?QID=625&clientID=11004&sid=2&ssid=7" target="_blan...

No grain at all in the new restoration. You can look at larger screenshots here.

Before and after the new 2014 restoration :? Cineteca Nazionale / Ripley's Film 2007 restoration http://i62.tinypic.com/htdavo.png Cineteca di Bologna 2014 restoration (look at the two guys on the right!) http://i58.tinypic.com/29o6440.png Cineteca Nazionale / Ripley's Film 2007 restoration http://i...

Film Comment: "The Titanus retrospective was a gold mine for cinephiles, full of films each deserving an in-depth look (and, in certain cases, rediscovery)". http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/festivals-locarnos-titanus-retrospective" target="_blank https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xp...

kaleidoscopeworld wrote:Note that it is available to buy directly from Cineteca di Bologna: shop link, for the low price of 10eu!

If you don't live in Italy, ordering from the Cineteca bookshop is a little tricky, so I would recommend Amazon.it

Now available at Amazon.it
http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/8895862848/

"Titanus was born before Italian cinema"
Film historian Simone Starace on the history of TITANUS
http://www.cinecola.com/interviews/film ... f-titanus/

Carlo Chatrian talks about our book on MUBI
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/locarno- ... of-titanus

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/p350x350/10382831_689401111108935_1512912391608231163_n.jpg Our English-friendly book is now available for pre-order on Amazon.it http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/8898623135/ The book covers Italian cinema evolution from 1904 to 2014, ran...

The video presentation is not as crisp as Ma l'amor mio non muore!, still the film looks very enjoyable.
The disc is currently available only through Cineteca, but I think Amazon.it will sell this on September.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qu40alE0tOk/U70nmlx7QUI/AAAAAAAABEY/k_goAPZMDK4/s1600/Sangue250.jpg Following last year's release , Cineteca di Bologna has just released another "Diva film" on English-friendly DVD. Bonus: * Featurette on Nino Oxilia (11 minutes, with English subtitles) * 1913 short, Kri ...

Bernard Eisenschitz, Miguel Marias and Olaf Moller's essays already in the can.

the horse's butt completely upstaged everything else in the frame.

I must agree the horse is quite distracting indeed.

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In 1860 you only have three or four shots with our national hero, Garibaldi, and he is always seen in Very Long Shot, doing nothing special, so I wouldn't say the film supports strong leadership...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ed3PqPJjM5A/UrhcIHoZlEI/AAAAAAAABA8/i1oWJhubY6A/s400/1860.jpg 1860 (Alessandro Blasetti, 1934) A chronicle of the unification of Italy as seen through the eyes of a young partisan. A must see for anyone interested in Italian cinema or Italian culture. Available on Amazon.i...

Available on DVD, but no subtitles.

In 1943 an omnibus film called "Gli assi della risata" also fearured this short science-fiction musical, lovingly mocking Flash Gordon, Metropolis and Fred Astaire. The setting is 1999, as seen by Italian audience from 1943.
http://youtu.be/mbAXndxZ_dk

Now available on Amazon.it
http://www.amazon.it/Borelli-lamor-libr ... 895862732/" target="_blank

Italian Ripley's Home Video has just released a new restored DVD, also screened at Venice 2013. http://www.dvd-store.it/DVD/DVD-Video/ID-43845/Il-piccolo-fuggitivo.aspx Comparison KINO BD vs. RHV DVD KINO BD http://i40.tinypic.com/qn1zf7.jpg RHV DVD http://i40.tinypic.com/b82w4m.png KINO BD http://i...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qo-hPqeOPlk/UeBSLTR523I/AAAAAAAAA9w/oyaWqrsuNi0/s320/emmer_dvd.jpg http://www.amazon.it/dipinte-sullarte-Luciano-italiana-francese/dp/8895862309/ "Parole dipinte" is a wonderful boxset released by Cineteca di Bologna and featuring 20 short films by Luciano Emmer, ranging f...