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Documentary.

Special features of this DVD: original trailer ; a documtentry by Tatti Sanguineti entitled La rabbia I, La rabbia II, La rabbie III... L'Arabia ; a Pier Paolo Pasolini short film entitled Le Mura di Sana'a (17 min.) ; a fully illustrated booklet containing director's comments and a critical analysis of the film ; new digital transfer including images of some never-before-seen color paintings and drawing by the contemporary Italian artist, Renato Guttuso ; digitally restored and remastered ; scene selection.

Giorgio Bassani, Renato Guttuso, Gigi Artuso, Carlo Romano, narrators.

"La Rabbia" employs documentary footage (from the 1950's) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, and fear? The film is in two completely separate parts, and the directors of these respective sections, left-wing Pier Paolo Pasolini and conservative Giovanni Guareschi, offer the viewer contrasting analyses of and prescriptions for modern society. Part I, by Pasolini, is a denunciation of the offenses of Western culture, particularly those against colonized Africa. It is at the same time a chronicle of the liberation and independence of the former African colonies, portraying these peoples as the new protagonists of the world stage, holding up Marxism as their "salvation," and suggesting that their "innocent ferocity" will be the new religion of the era. Guareschi's part, by contrast, constitutes a defense of Western civilization and a word of hope, couched in traditional Christian terms, for man's future.

Not rated.

DVD.

Audio track in Italian ; subtitled in English.