THE MARCO FERRERI 8-DISC COLLECTION
Contains La Grande Bouffe, El Cochecito, The Seed of Man, Don't Touch the White Woman, Bye Bye Monkey, Seeking Asylum, Tales of Ordinary Madness, The House of Smiles.
Marco Ferreri's satirical and often surreal films embody a unique vision of humanity borne of exasperation and nihilism. Through these genre-bending black comedies, the controversial director crafted a fiercely contemporary cinematic language of his own, delving deep into the alienation of men, women and children.
DVD Release Date: August 19, 2008
Format: NTSC
Director: Marco Ferreri
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DISC ONE.
EL COCHECITO (1960)
Description: Much to the dismay of his son, Don Anselmo wants a motorized wheelchair so he can join in the races for the handicapped.
DVD Size: 7.29 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 88 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound (main feature): Spanish
Subtitles: optional English
SPECIAL FEATURES:
# Bonus Documentary "Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came From the Future". Marco Ferreri Interview with Ed Grant.
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DISC TWO.
THE SEED OF MAN (1969)
Description: A young couple argue about having a child in the days after a global plague wipes out most of Earth's population.
DVD Size: 4.13 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 105 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound (main feature): Italian
Subtitles: optional English
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DISC THREE.
LA GRANDE BOUFFE (1973)
Description: A group of men hire some prostitutes and go to a villa in the countryside. There, they engage in group sex and resolve to eat themselves to death.
DVD Size: 6.94 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 105 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound (main feature): French
Subtitles: optional English
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DISC FOUR.
DON'T TOUCH THE WHITE WOMAN (1974)
Description: Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni star in this recreation of General Custer's last stand - in the midst of modern Paris.
DVD Size: 4.07 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 107 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound (main feature): French
Subtitles: optional English
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DISC FIVE.
BYE BYE MONKEY (1978)
Description: A man walking on the beach near New York City finds the corpse of King Kong. He also finds Kong's orphaned son, and takes it to a friend who lives in the city, and they decide to raise it.
DVD Size: 4.12 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 113 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound (main feature): English
Subtitles: NONE
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DISC SIX.
SEEKING ASYLUM (1979)
Description: Roberto has a new job as the teacher at a nursery school. The first child he meets is Gianluigi, who's mute. Roberto is spirited, bringing a TV into class, then a donkey. He takes children on an unscheduled field trip to their fathers' plant. He dates Isabella, the mother of one of his students, and soon she's pregnant. He's moody about it, so Isabella leaves for her family's abandoned movie theater in Sardinia, but not before Roberto is briefly arrested and questioned about past radical activity. He takes ten children, including Gianluigi, to Sardinia for the baby's birth, and there, surrounded by the sea, the mother of us all, he and Gianluigi play out their surprising bond.
DVD Size: 4.08 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 112 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound (main feature): Italian
Subtitles: English
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DISC SEVEN.
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
Description: Based on Charles Bukowski's novel: "Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness," Ben Gazzara stars as a drunken poet exploring Los Angeles' seedy depths and dealing with the elusive possibility of love.
DVD Size: 5.51 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 101 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Sound (main feature): English
Subtitles: NONE
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DISC EIGHT.
The House of Smiles (1988)
Description: The relation between an elder man and an elder woman inside the asylum they live in.
DVD Size: 4.09 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 94 minutes
Type: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Sound (main feature): Italian
Subtitles: English
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