Luchino Visconti: New DVD releases

La terra trema on DVD and VHS

A haunting and beautiful neo-realist account of the tough life led by Sicilian fishermen, it conveys the villagers' sense of frustration and injustice in their struggle against unscrupulous businessmen.

Ossessione on DVD and VHS

Made in 1942, Ossessione is a dark and provocative drama of sexual tension which heralded a new era of Italian cinema, establishing Luchino Visconti as a leading and controversial exponent of neo-realism.

Also available on VHS:

Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)

Visconti's epic family drama chronicling the misfortunes that befall five brothers and their widowed mother when they leave the rural south for industrial Milan. Social realism tilts towards melodrama as saintly brother Alain Delon yields his beloved (Annie Girardot) to his brutal brother.