La Strada (Criterion Collection) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Zampano (Anthony Quinn), a performer in a traveling carnival outside of Rome, purchases the young, poor Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) to be his wife and assistant. Although she shows genuine enthusiasm as an assistant, putting on a fabulous clown act akin to Charlie Chaplin, nobody seems to appreciate her; she quietly endures a life of emotional coldness and cruelty. When she meets "The Fool," Ilmatto (Richard Basehart), a quicksilver trapeze artist who befriends her and offers her warmth, kindness, and an uplifting vision of the world, Gelsomina convinces herself that she and Zampano are in love. She is plunged into despair, however, after Zampano interferes in a jealous rage, precipitating a tragedy that will haunt him forever. Federico Fellini establishes a style and certain key themes in this film that he repeats as trademarks in subsequent films: the beach as a symbol of purity and release; haunting, soft female singing as a symbol of memory; examinations of Catholics and their religion as a cult behavior; and, above all, a chaotic, circus-oriented cyclical pattern that guides his films. The Oscar-winning LA STRADA is the perfect place from which to begin an exploration of Fellini's expertly crafted movies.

"...LA STRADA brought a kind of poetry to the screen that dazzled audiences at the time and still works today..." - Kenneth, Turan (Los Angeles Times Critic), Los Angeles Times, 01/14/1994

"...Like a painter with a few favorite themes, Fellini would rework these images until the end of his life....LA STRADA is the first film that can be called entirely 'Felliniesque'..." - Roger, Ebert (Critic and screenwriter), Chicago Sun-Times, 04/01/1994

"...The entire cast is marvelous..." - Leah, Reisman-Senes (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 11/21/2003

"If you see just one film from director Federico Fellini's early period before 1963's 8 1/2, it ought to be this tearjerker." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 11/28/2003

"Fellini's lyrical road movie from 1954....Whimsy and tragedy collide..." - Stephen, Dalton (Uncut Critic), Uncut, 08/01/2005

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Product Title:	La Strada (Criterion Collection) (US Version) La Strada (Criterion Collection) (US Version) La Strada (Criterion Collection) (US Version) La Strada (Criterion Collection) (US Version) La Strada (Criterion Collection) (US Version)
Also known as:	The Road The Road The Road The Road The Road
Artist Name(s):	Anthony Quinn (Actor) | Richard Basehart (Actor) | Masina Giulietta (Actor) | Aldo Silvani (Actor) 安東尼•昆 (Actor) | Richard Basehart (Actor) | 吉尤麗塔·瑪麗娜 (Actor) | Aldo Silvani (Actor) 安东尼?昆 (Actor) | Richard Basehart (Actor) | Masina Giulietta (Actor) | Aldo Silvani (Actor) Anthony Quinn (Actor) | Richard Basehart (Actor) | Masina Giulietta (Actor) | Aldo Silvani (Actor) Anthony Quinn (Actor) | Richard Basehart (Actor) | Masina Giulietta (Actor) | Aldo Silvani (Actor)
Director:	Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini
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Release Date:	2003-11-11
UPC Code:	037429135426
Language:	English
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	Italy
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Black & White
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Criterion Collection
Package Weight:	280 (g)
Shipment Unit:	2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1010020871

Director: Federico Fellini

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Monaural - Italian
Additional Release Material:
Video Introduction By Martin Scorsese
Audio Commentary - 1. Peter Bondanella - Author of "The Cinema of Federico Fellini"
Documentary - 1. "Federico Fellini's Autobiography"
Optional English-Dubbed Version Featuring Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart
Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Image Galleries:
New Essay By Film Scholar Peter Matthews