Young, middle-class and idealistic, Fabrizio struggles to break away from his bourgeois background.
Bertolucci's beautifully operatic film, winner of the Cannes Critics' Week Prize in 1964, celebrates the passion and ideology of the 1960s, and is presented here newly restored with a selection of revealing extra features.
Special featuresPresented in Standard Definition and High Definition (DVD & Blu-ray)Original theatrical trailerOn-set footage (1963, 4 mins, DVD only): extract from Italian TV series Cinema d'oggi featuring an interview with the young BertolucciInterview with Bernardo Bertolucci (Giuseppe Bertolucci, 2003, 46 mins, DVD only): the director discusses Before the RevolutionInterviews with Roberto Perpignani, Vittorio Storaro and Ennio Morricone (Giuseppe Bertolucci, 2003, 26 mins, DVD only)Working Copy (Giuseppe Bertolucci, 2003, 31 mins, DVD only): comparisons between the working and final versions of the filmBernardo Bertolucci in conversation with David Thompson (2011, 12 mins, DVD only): Q&A recorded at BFI SouthbankItaly | 1964 | black & white, and colour | Italian language with optional English subtitles | 112 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.
85:1Disc 1: BD25 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48k/24-bit)Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital (320kbps)Region 2 DVD Region B Blu-ray.
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Dvd only) | The director discusses Comparisons between the working and final versions of the filmbernardo Qa recorded at |
| original aspect ratio 1.85 | 1disc 1bd25 1080p 24fps |
| pcm mono audio (48k/24-bit)disc 2 | Dvd9 |