A lavish boxset full of Italian films, many of which have caused controversy and scandal? What, is this article about
Severin's Black Emanuelle boxset again? Nope. A BIG nope. This set comes from Criterion, and contains the first nine films by the Italian super-rebel Pier Paolo Pasolini.
For those who already have Pasolini's latter works like
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom and his
Trilogy of Life anthologies, rest assured: those are not included in this set. But all the others? They're here! Nicely packaged and accompanied by a gorgeous book.
The whole set looks mighty pretty, so here is a gallery of shots. Click on the edge of the pictures to scroll through them, or at the center of each to see a bigger version.
And here it is: a sturdy outer slipcase.
Within: the disc-holder, which also includes the book.
That's a very pretty disc-holder.
The disc-holder opened. You can see it's like a book, with each page holding a Blu-ray. The last page has space for the booklet.
All contents shown. The colors of the set actually fit the colors of my tiles, for once!
A closer look at the booklet. Well, at 100 pages, let's call it a book.
In the book you can find an essay and extensive notes for each film.
Great stuff!
The (back)end of yet another magnificent Criterion boxset.
Let's see what they will release next...