Investigation of a citizen above suspicion /
Elio Petri's acclaimed Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector investigating a heinous crime-which he committed himself. Both a penetrating character study and a disturbing commentary on th...
| Uniform Title: | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Italian |
| Language Notes: | Italian dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
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| Summary: | Elio Petri's acclaimed Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector investigating a heinous crime-which he committed himself. Both a penetrating character study and a disturbing commentary on the draconian crackdowns by the Italian government in the late 1960s and early '70s, Petri's kinetic portrait of surreal bureaucracy is a perversely pleasurable rendering of controlled chaos. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; widescreen; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, 1971: Best Foreign Language Film. |
| ISBN: | 9781604657791 1604657790 |