Posted on 30 Jun 2017 30 Jun 2017 by Ian Schultz. While not overly impressive and a bit inconsistent, the film still looks nice on Blu-ray. Luchino Visconti directs the third installment, 'Il Lavoro.'

Kino presents 'Boccaccio '70' on a BD-50 disc packaged in a standard case with a cardboard slipcase. One where a buxom woman needs to pay off some debts and decides to raffle herself off. Some color fluctuations are also apparent, again, most notably in the first segment. Seriously, I can't get that milk jingle out of my head, and it's in Italian. And one about an office romance. Like many mono tracks of this time period, the audio here isn't very impressive but still presents the content respectfully. Loren lights up the screen, making it easy to see why every able-bodied man in the town is so obsessed with her, and De Sica does a good job of balancing the humor with little bits of insight. Bass is essentially absent but balance within the mix is handled well. Interruptions by guests, phone calls, and servants all help to break up the action and usher in new phases of the discussion, keeping the pace lively and engaging. With an often humorous, insightful, and occasionally absurd look at love, romance, and sexuality, the filmmakers present a memorable and worthwhile artistic endeavor. Boccaccio '70. Well, 'Boccaccio '70' happens, actually. The print is in decent shape but there are some specks visible throughout. To accommodate a country bumpkin who begs to win the raffle, she fixes the drawing but does not deliver the goods; to show she is a noble slattern, however, Loren spreads the word that she has dallied with the clod so he will become a hero to his crowd.

Throughout the ’60s, for whatever reason the anthology film was a big thing, especially in Europe. In fact, I think I'm going to go have a glass of milk now. Romy Schneider also sacrifices cash for security with her cheating husband in Luchino Visconti’s The Job, while a couple risk all with an office romance in Mario Monicelli’s Renzo And Luciana. From Federico Fellini, act two, titled 'Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio,' is probably the most memorable segment of the bunch, and features a deliriously satirical examination of censorship, lust, and sexual hypocrisy. Blu-Ray Review – Boccaccio ’70. Though it's fairly flat and lacks dynamics, the mix sounds just fine. Review Date October 14th, 2011 by Steven Cohen. From the cheery to the comical, from the tragic to the absurd, each act offers an interesting peek into 1960s Italian romance and sexuality, as filtered through the unique eyes of its respective director. Though some segments are more effective than others, they all succeed, and Fellini's installment may be worth the price of admission alone. An amusing story about a raffle that offers one lucky winner a night alone with Loren's character, Zoe, the segment provides a lighthearted and mostly comical examination of our culture's emphasis on sexual conquest and our tendency to objectify women. With that said, a few scenes do look a bit faded and washed out from time to time.

Featuring a shot of a woman forcing a smile while tears race down her face, Visconti encapsulates the emptiness of a superficial marriage as its hollowness is slowly replaced with something much more sinister and tragic. The most dramatic of the segments, the majority of the piece plays out as an argument between an upper class husband (Tomas Milian) and wife (Romy Schneider) in the wake of a scandal that has exposed the husband's many illicit affairs. All portmanteau pictures suffer from inconsistency, but several ’60s examples contain gems and more should be released on DVD. Directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Germano Gilioli and Marisa Solinas (as the title pair Renzo and Luciana) the story focuses on the two lovers as they try to keep their recent wedding a secret from Luciana's employers, who apparently don't allow their workers to be married. Boccaccio 70 Review. Fellini infuses the story with an almost hallucinatory tone of surreal comedy and absurdist humor, exaggerating the situations to great comedic effect, including a particularly amusing sequence that features huddled masses (adult and children alike) singing and dancing around the sexy billboard in joyous worship as Antonio looks on in horror. Copyright © 2020 LLC, MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Boccaccio '70; Boccaccio '70 Review.

The final act, 'La Riffa,' comes courtesy of Vittorio De Sica and stars the incomparable Sophia Loren.