Special Features

Introductions by director Roberto Rossellini from 1963; Interviews from 2009 with scholar Adriano Apr?, critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi, and filmmakers Paolo and Peter Bondanella; Once Upon a Time..."Rome Open City," a 2006 documentary on the making of the historic film; Rossellini and the City, a 2009 video essay by film scholar Mark Shiel on Rossellini's use of the urban landscape in The War Trilogy; Excerpts from discussions Rossellini had in 1970 with faculty and students at Rice University about his craft; Into the Future, a 2009 video essay about The War Trilogy by scholar Tag Gallagher; Roberto Rossellini, a 2001 documentary by Carlo Lizzani, assistant director on Germany Year Zero, tracing Rossellini's career through archival footage and interviews with family members and collaborators, with tributes by filmmakers Fran?ois Truffaut and Martin Scorsese; Letters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on "Germany Year Zero," a discussion with Lizzani from the 1987 Tutto Rossellini donference; Italian credits and prologue for Germany Year Zero; Roberto and Roswitha, a 2009 illustrated essay by scholar Thomas Meder on Rossellini's relationship with Roswitha Schmidt