Friday, June 13, 2008

Mafioso by Alberto Lattuada

Criterion collection has released Mafioso by Alberto Lattuada (1962), which is one of the first Italian films to look frankly at the Mafia.
Special features:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- A 1996 interview with director Alberto Lattuada by filmmaker Daniele Luchetti
- New interviews with the director's wife, actress Carla Del Poggio (Variety Lights), and son Alessandro Lattuada
- Trailers for the original Italian release and the 2007 U.S. rerelease
- Gallery of promotional caricatures by artist Keiko Kimura
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: New essays by Phillip Lopate and Roberto Chiesi and a 1982 interview with Alberto Lattuada

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