Month: August 2009 (Page 4 of 7)

Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah is a shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinema’s most authentic depictions of organized crime. In this adaptation of undercover Italian reporter Roberto Saviano’s best-selling exposé of Naples’ Mafia underworld (known as the Camorra), Garrone links five disparate tales in which men and children are caught up in a corrupt system that extends from the housing projects to the world of haute couture. Filmed with an exquisite detachment interrupted by bursts of violence, Gomorrah is a shattering, socially engaged true-crime story from a major new voice in Italian cinema. The Blu-ray and DVD will be released on November 24, 2009.

Director-approved special edition features:

– New high-definition transfer, supervised and approved by director Matteo Garrone (with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
– Five Stories, a 60-minute documentary on the making of Gomorrah
– New video interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo
– Interviews with writer Roberto Saviano and actors Gianfelice Imparato and Salvatore Cantalupo
– Deleted scenes
– Theatrical trailer
– A booklet featuring an essay by critic Chuck Stephens