The Films of Lionel Rogosin 1956-1966 2 DVD9 torrent

THE FILMS OF LIONEL ROGOSIN (1956-1966)
complete 2-disc set

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DVD Studio: Milestone
DVD Release Date: February 21, 2012

Director: Lionel Rogosin

Description
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For Lionel Rogosin, the weapon of choice was a movie camera, and his
first battle was waged on the streets of New York City. Exploring the
underworld of the city's skid row, Rogosin developed his signature
style. After months of drinking with men he met on the Bowery,
Rogosin worked with his buddies to write a screenplay that reflected
their lives-and then cast them as themselves. This technique of
making films "from the inside" allowed Rogosin to film ordinary
people caught up in universal problems. His films explored
alcoholism, homelessness, racial discrimination, war, labor conflict,
and poverty with great compassion and honesty. On the Bowery
chronicles three days in the drinking life of Ray Salyer, a part-time
railroad worker adrift on New York's skid row.
When the film opened it 1956, it exploded on the screen, burning away
years of Hollywood artifice, jump-starting the post-war American
independent film movement and earning an Oscar nomination.
GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES was Rogosin's powerful response to
militarism and fascism. For two years, Rogosin traveled to twelve
countries, amassing footage of war atrocities from national archives.
He then interspersed these harrowing images with scenes of a London
cocktail party's inane chatter. Good Times, Wonderful Times, released
at the height of the Vietnam conflict, became one of the great
antiwar films of the era.

Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 6.75 + 7.71 Gb -- Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (total): 257 minutes
Type: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound (main feature): English DD2.0
Subtitles: none

Set Features
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Disc One: Good Times, Wonderful Times
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# Out (25:37): Rogosin's documentary short, produced for the United
Nations, depicting the plight of refugees fleeing the Soviet
repression of the Hungarian uprising in 1956.
# Man's Peril: The Making of Good Times, Wonderful Times (24:17).
# Credits.

Disc Two: On the Bowery
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# Introduction by Martin Scorsese (3:11).
# Street of Forgotten Men (1933) (2:28): A Depression-era newsreel
short, complete with sensationalistic narration whose tone and style
are the polar opposite of Rogosin's approach.
# Bowery Men's Shelter (1972) (10:34): A portrait of the New York
City Men's Shelter and its inhabitants, made as the City was heading
toward economic collapse.
# The Perfect Team (2009) (46:33): This documentary by Rogosin's son,
Michael, provides a comprehensive account of the making of On the
Bowery and its reception, using contemporary sources.
# A Walk Through the Bowery (2009) (11:05): Produced and directed by
Michael Rogosin, this documentary short contrasts the Bowery today
with images from On the Bowery.
# On the Bowery Theatrical Trailer (2010) (2:13).
# Credits.