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Slap the Monster on Page One (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)
Radiance Films

Pre-Order - Release Date: 18.11.2024

Original title: Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina

Year: 1972
Country: Italy
Region code: A/B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060974681341

Image: -

Audio: Italian - Uncompressed Mono PCM Audio

Subtitles: English

Rating: -

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Fabio Garriba

Director: Marco Bellocchio


Synopsis:

Days before a general election a young girl is raped and murdered. Bizanti (Gian Maria Volonté, The Working Class Goes to Heaven ), the editor of a right-wing newspaper uses the story to help the conservative candidate support his paper. The tumultuous time of Italy's 'Years of Lead' are captured in Marco Bellocchio's powerful political drama which directly addressed topics of its day and even prefigured the creation of the right-wing paper Il giornale , which came into being two years after this film. In an age of media manipulation Slap the Monster on Page One has never been more relevant and stands proudly alongside such Italian activist classics as We Still Kill the Old Way and The Mattei Affair .

Extras:

• 4K restoration of the film from the original negative by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Surf Film and Kavac Film, under the supervision of director Marco Bellocchio
  
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
  
• Archival interview with Marco Bellocchio ( 21 mins)
  
• Newly filmed interview with critic and author Mario Sesti (2024, 25 mins )
  
• Appreciation by filmmaker Alex Cox (2024, 10 mins)
  
• Newly improved English subtitle translation
  
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
  
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Wesley Sharer
  
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings