Roberto Rossellini: The War Trilogy (Blu-ray)

Roberto Rossellini: The War Trilogy (Blu-ray)Trilogy of war dramas directed by Roberto Rossellini. 'Rome, Open City' (1945) takes place during the last days of the Nazi occupation of Italy during World War II. Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero) flees the Gestapo and seeks a place to hide with the help of his friend Francesco (Francesco Grandjacquet), his pregnant fiance Pina (Anna Magnani) and the priest who is due to marry them, Don Pietro Pellegrini (Aldo Fabrizi).

hospitality and culinary spirit of the Emerald Isle

crime and guilt leave scars across generations

The album's subject matter incorporated sexual innuendos and references to drugs and death as well as themes of lust and exuberance

Post-war optimism combined with new manufacturing methods and material techniques to create an explosion of new design and objects of desire

but the record is equally challenging and groundbreaking

GREAT IDEAS

Claudio Simonetti on Deep Red

Illustrated audio interview excerpts from 1956 with producer John Houseman

it stays with you

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out

both as works of art in their own right and as mirrors of Neruda’s life and times

The first part