Lo straniero / The Stranger (1967) DVD9, DVD5
on October 2nd, 2021 at 12:52
The Stranger is a literal (but still very cinematic) adaptation of the novel by Albert Camus.
Camus's central character, Meursault (Mastroianni) is a Frenchman living in occupied Algiers, profoundly alienated from the world around him. Unable to feel anything, he goes through the motions of his life. He feels nothing at his mother’s funeral, he feels nothing at the sight of a man viciously abusing his girlfriend, and, most notably, he feels nothing as he kills an Arab on a sandy beach, in the blistering heat and blinding glare of the North African sun. In the trial that ensues, he is condemned not so much for his crime but for his cool, seemingly uncaring demeanor. Which makes him about as un-Viscontiesque a character as one can imagine.
It is a low-key but magnificent performance, played out against the arid scenery of northern Africa, capturing the blank alienation of Camus's existential anti-hero perfectly.
This is an intelligent and honest film but, while Visconti’s and writing are admirable, even he is not quite able to reconcile Meursault's meandering motivelessness with the moral depths alluded to in the novel. Unsurprisingly, Camus’s book proves a hard nut to crack as a movie, though this is a commendable attempt.
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier
Country: Italy, France, Algeria
Genre: Drama
DVD9 | PAL 4:3 | 01:38:11 | 7.94 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English, Spanish, German
Subtitles: English
Extras:
-- Two versions of the film - Color and B/W.
To view a black and white version of a movie, you need to change the viewing angle during movie playback.
Lo.Straniero.1967.PAL.DVD9.L.part1.rar
Lo.Straniero.1967.PAL.DVD9.L.part2.rar
DVD5 | PAL 16:9 | 01:41:24 | 3.55 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:43:37 | 3.44 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
That is Great! Thank you!
Finally! Thank you so much!
such a poor video quality, in the hd times transfers and remastered versions, it's quite probably we re close to have a decent hd remastered version of "lo straniero"as this film deserves, no this kind of bootleg