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While the psychosexual aspects of Bertolucci's Oscar®-nominated screenplay remain dramatically compelling, The Conformist is now better known as a dazzling stylistic breakthrough, with sweeping camera moves, oblique angles, and innovative editing brilliantly applied to Bertolucci's rich themes of internalized conflict. In close collaboration with master cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, Bertolucci crafted one of the greatest films of the 1970s, offered here with its richly relevant "Dance of the Blind" scene fully intact. This five-minute scene was cut from the original American release, then restored for the film's 1994 re-release. It's a welcome enhancement of the film's suspenseful historical context, which is fully explored in three bonus featurettes in which Bertolucci and Storaro discuss the story, production, and innovative style of The Conformist in fascinating detail. For serious collectors of important films, The Conformist is absolutely essential. --Jeff Shannon
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 22 October, 1970 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360812145 |
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Customer Reviews of The Conformist (Extended Edition)
Fabulous artistry, mediocre story, dull protagonist. The Conformist is a veritable encyclopedia of cinematographic technique, all done with a lush Italian flair that carries every scene. It has a wall-to-wall score and showcases some of the greatest architecture in Europe. Bertolucci also proves himself to be a very inventive, brilliantly capable director in creating mood and atmosphere. I believe it is for all of these reasons that The Conformist is so highly regarded and deservedly so. <
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>But this is not one of the world's great films. The lead character is a wooden, utterly uncharismatic fop who sleepwalks through the movie. Its story, supposedly about the human underpinnings of a fascist, is decidedly tepid and lacking in much range of emotion. There are simply no dramatically resonant scenes, nothing that penetrates. Bertolucci has made one tremendous film and that is "Last Tango in Paris", where he had Marlon Brando and Gato Barbieri to pick up the reigns. Unfortunately, for all of Vittorio Storaro's brilliance in "The Conformist" it is all too easy to see how the abominable "1900" came about. One thing is for certain: Bertolucci knows good artists and collaborates with some excellent people.
BERTOLLUCI'S MASTERPIECE by Ian Colvin, 12 year-old filmmaker
I like to start out by saying that this film is one of the greatest films ever made. For Bertlucci, who later made "Last Tango in Paris" (1972), "1900" (1976) and "The Dreamers" (2003), this was one of his first few films (and I believe it's one of his best). This masterpiece along with "Last Tango in Paris" and "1900" are must see's for any movie buff or aspiring filmmaker (Quentin Tarantino even owns his own print of "1900"). When I went in, I thought it was just going to be bullets flying everywhere and that's it. But in fact, there's only two scenes that have violence. To top it off "The Conformist" features the always beautiful Bertolucci regular Dominique Sanda (wow!). Bertolluci, sadly is not as well known as other directors like Fellini, but I feel he is just as good.
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One of the greatest
I first saw this movie on VHS, for a film course in college, and was mesmerized by it. Some of the other films in the course ("Battleship Potemkin," "Weekend," "Le Salamandre") were interesting, and I rather enjoyed them, but none captured my mind, and made me think quite in the was that Bertolucci's masterful adaptation of Alberto Moravia's novel did.
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>The acting is superb in this movie. Specifically, Jean-Louis Trintignant delivers an excellent performance. Touches of humor don't seem forced (I think of the scene at the brothel in particular), yet his torment and humanity are amazingly believable. The rest of the cast also give fantastic performances.
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>This film is widely acknowledged to be influential to many modern filmmakers, and it's easy to see why. Visually, the film never stops captivating the audience with its amazing scenery. The score helps to set the mood without forcing it upon you. This is truly a movie where just about everything is done right.
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>It's been a shame that this movie had not been released on DVD; when a new, restored 35mm print recently made the rounds of independent theaters, fans like myself raced to our local moviehouse to catch a showing. Now, at long last, we can own the film on something other than a bootleg VHS, and new generations can experience this wonderful film.