Francesco Rosis Hands over the City Rod Steiger is ferocious as a scheming land developer in Francesco Rosi’s Hands over the City, a blistering work of social realism and the winner of the 1963 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion. This expose of the politically driven real-estate speculation that has devastated Naples’s civilian landscape moves breathlessly from a cataclysmic building collapse to the backroom negotiations of civic leaders vying for power in a city council election, laying bare the inner workings of corruption with passion and outrage. A 2 Disc Criterion Collection SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET: New, restored high-definition digital transfer Neapolitan Diary (1992), Francesco Rosi’s feature-length sequel to Hands over the City New video interviews with Rosi, film critic Tullio Kezich, and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin Video discussion with Rosi, co-writer Raffaele La Capria, and film critic Michel Ciment New and improved English subtitle translation Plus: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Stuart Klawans and a 2003 interview with Rosi
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