http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=27191
R0 UK release by Arrow Films (single disc edition)
Sources:
i) I borrowed the DVD from the library
ii) http://www.romefile.com/film/rome-open-city.php
Extras:
- "Children of Rome Open City" documentary (conversations with the men who played the boys in the film) (47:06)
Subtitles:
- English (forced, burnt-in I would guess)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Picture Format: Non-anamorphic
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):
- Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Case type: Amaray (Keep) Case
Duration: 101:55
Cuts: None (but original cinema release was cut)
- http://bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/rome% ... pen%2Bcity
ASIN:
- B0007D5GC2
Note: comments at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rome-Open-City- ... B0007D5GC2 are not very complementary about the transfer/subtitles and I'd have to agree (but the romefile.com page says the Criterion isn't great either). The first comment "By A Customer on 14 July 2005" suggests it's cut as well. Judging by the beginning (credits and title in English, US production company ("Copyright MCMXLVI by Mayer-Burstyn, Inc"), "passed by the National Board of Review"), I'd guess (and it definitely is a guess) that the Arrow version is what was released in US cinemas.
I think ASIN B002X9CIZG must be Arrow's two-disc edition, although it says "Number of discs: 1". The cover art and release date (2010, five years after the single disc) correspond with http://www.myreviewer.com/DVD/126942/Ro ... y-UK/About, which in turn corresponds to the specs already in the db. I haven't seen it, so I don't know if the film in this edition has the same poor transfer. I'd guess the BFI version (4K restoration released 2014) will be the best and most complete transfer, but I haven't seen that one either
.Neither edition seems to be on the Arrow website any more.
