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Gomorrah
Title:
Gomorrah
ISBN:
9781604652239
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
From the book by Roberto Saviano.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Special features: New High-Definition transfer, supervised and approved by director Matteo Garrone; "Five stories:" a 60-minute documentary on the making of Gomorrah; new video interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo; interviews with writer Roberto Saviano and actors Gianfelice Imparato and Salvatore Cantalupo; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; includes a booklet featuring an essay by critic Chuck Stephens.
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Summary:
A major bestseller in Italy, this is a heroic young man's impassioned account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal. Known by insiders as "the System, " the Camorra affects cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast, and is the deciding factor in why Campania, for instance, has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and why cancer levels there have skyrocketed in recent years. Author Saviano, who saw his first murder at age 14, worked under cover to investigate the Camorra's control of Chinese factories contracted to manufacture fashion goods, legally and illegally, for distribution around the world, and relates how the abusive handling of toxic waste is causing devastating pollution not only for Naples but also China and Somalia.
System Details:
DVD, WIDESCREEN (2.35:1); DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO.
Language Note:
ITALIAN DIALOGUE, ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
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