Cosa Nostra Franco Nero in 3 Mafia Tales by Damiano Damiani LE Blu-ray collects three landmark Italian crime films, showcasing director Damiano Damiani’s powerful exploration of mafia influence and corruption.

Across these three films, Franco Nero delivers standout performances as characters navigating systems shaped by organised crime, from a determined police chief confronting institutional corruption, to a prisoner witnessing the mafia’s grip behind bars, and a filmmaker drawn into a deadly conspiracy tied to his own work.

Blending political commentary with gripping storytelling, this collection captures Damiani’s unique approach to the crime genre, offering a stark and compelling portrait of power, justice and societal decay.

directed by: Damiano Damiani
starring: Franco Nero, Claudia Cardinale, Lee J. Cobb
1968–1975 / various runtimes / 1.66:1 / Italian, English

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BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES

• 2K restoration of The Day of the Owl from the original negative presented in the original Italian version (109 mins) and the shorter export cut with English audio (103 mins)
• 2K restoration of The Case is Closed: Forget It from the original negative presented with Italian and, for the first time, English audio options
• 2K restoration of How to Kill a Judge from the original negative presented in Italian and English audio options
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
• New interview with star Franco Nero, featuring archive footage of Damiano Damiani and Leonardo Sciascia discussing The Day of the Owl (2022, 17 mins)
• Archival interview with Franco Nero, writer Ugo Pirro and production manager Lucio Trentini discussing the making of The Day of the Owl (2006, 27 mins)
• Identity Crime-Sis: filmmaker and Italian crime cinema expert Mike Malloy discusses The Day of the Owl in the context of the formation of the Italian crime film genre (2022, 20 mins)
• Casting Cobb: A Tale of Two Continents: A video essay by filmmaker Howard S. Berger looking at actor Lee J. Cobb's career transition from Hollywood to Italy and the archetypes he tended to play (2023, 33 mins)
• Archival interview with Claudia Cardinale from Belgian TV in which she discusses her long and storied career (2017, 22 mins)
• New interview with star Franco Nero discussing The Case is Closed: Forget It (2022, 14 mins)
• Archival documentary on the making of The Case is Closed: Forget It featuring actor Corrado Solari, assistant director Enrique Bergier and editor Antonio Siciliano (2015, 28 mins)
• Italy’s Cinematic Civil Conscience: An Examination of the Life and Works of Damiano Damiani: A visual essay on the career of Damiani Damiani by critic Rachael Nisbet (2023, 35 mins)
• New interview with star Franco Nero discussing How to Kill a Judge (2022, 13 mins)
• New interview with Alberto Pezzotta, author of Regia Damiano Damiani, who discusses Damiani’s contribution to the mafia and crime genres and the reception of his films in Italy (2022, 34 mins)
• Lessons in Violence: A new video essay on How to Kill a Judge by filmmaker David Cairns (2023, 22 mins)
• Original trailers for each film
• New and improved optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio for each film
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters for each film
• Limited edition 120-page book featuring new and archival writing on the films by experts on the genre including Andrew Nette on Leonardo Sciascia’s The Day of the Owl; Piero Garofalo on The Case is Closed: Forget It; Paul A. J. Lewis on depictions of the mafia in each of the films within this set; Shelley O’Brien on each of the scores; a newly translated archival interview with Damiani; Nathaniel Thompson on Franco Nero; Marco Natoli on Damiani’s place within the cinema politico movement in Italian cinema; a critical overview for each the films by Cullen Gallagher and credits for each film
• Limited edition of 3000 copies (each for the UK and US), presented in a rigid box with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
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