DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2012
CONTACT: CHRISTOPH BUERGER
PHONE: (323) 868-7611
E-MAIL: christoph@davidlynch.com
WEBSITE: www.rarovideousa.com


FIRST LOOK: ROSSELLINI’S IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE

HOLLYWOOD, CA – RaroVideo and The Museum of Modern Art in New York are set for two first-ever U.S. screenings of the restored version of Roberto Rossellini’s award-wining classic IL GENARALE DELLA ROVERE during the 10th anniversary of MoMA’s International Festival of Film Preservation. The film is presented for the first time ever since its premiere at the 1959 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion (for this original uncut version.) This is Rossellini’s original edit for one of his most commercially and critically successful dramas—ten minutes longer than the original Italian theatrical release. IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE marked a return to WWII themes of treachery and courage for the director of such landmarks as Rome Open City (1945), Paisan (1946), and Germany Year Zero (1947). Rossellini grudgingly accepted the project after the commercial failure of his India Matri Bhumi (1958) and cast his friend and Neorealist contemporary Vittorio De Sica as a conman compelled by the Gestapo to impersonate a partisan hero. “I don’t believe that the feelings that move men are solely ambition, desire for power, violence and sex,” said Rossellini. “I think they are interested in and motivated by nobler motives as well.” The film was restored by La Cineteca Nazionale, Rome, and RaroVideo in collaboration with Il Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin, and La Biennale di Venezia.

The Museum of Modern Art will host two screenings of IL GENARALE DELLA ROVERE featuring a brand new 35mm print (sponsored by the MoMA film archive) beginning on Monday, October 22 at 6:45pm in Theater 1, T1 (this screening will include an introduction to the film by Stefano Curti, President of RaroVideo) with the second following on Friday, October 26 at 4:00pm in Theater 2, T2. (The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019). Both screenings are open to the public.

The restored version of IL GENARALE DELLA ROVERE will be released by RaroVideo in November complete with special features, further details on that to follow this release. For additional information please contact Christoph Buerger at (323) 868-7611 or christoph@davidlynch.com.


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