TY - BOOK AU - Francesco Rosi AU - Francesco Rosi AU - Suso Cecchi D'Amico AU - Enzo Provenzale AU - Franco Solinas AU - Frank Wolff AU - Salvo Randone AU - Frederico Zardi TI - Salvatore Giuliano AV - PN1997 .S258 1962 PY - 1962/// CY - Italy PB - Galatea Film, Lux Film, Vides Cinematografica N1 - Special features include: [Disc 1] - Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie [Disc 2] - Witness to Times, a new discussion with director Francesso Rosi and film critic Tullio Kezich - Excerpt from an Italian newsreel from July 12, 1950, reporting the shocking death of the infamous and charismatic bandit Salvatore Giuliano - Il cineasta e il labirinto, a 55-minute Italian documentary guided by Rosi, revisiting his life and career in cinema, with personal comments by Giuseppe Tornatore, Martin Scorsese and others N2 - From case cover: July 5, 1950--Sicilina bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press decend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy's most wanted criminal and celebrated hero. Filming in the exact locations and enlisting a cast of native Sicilians once impacted by the real Giuliano, director Francesco Rosi harnessed the facts and myths surrounding the bandit's death to create a startling expose of Sicily and the tangled relations between its citizens, the Mafia, and government officials. A groundbreaking work of political filmmaking, Salvatore Giuliano established Rosi's reputation and assured his place in cinema history ER -