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The Organizer (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Marcello Mastroianni (Actor), Annie Girardot (Actor), Mario Monicelli (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama
Format Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Black & White
Contributor Mario Monicelli, Annie Girardot, Marcello Mastroianni
Language Italian
Runtime 2 hours and 10 minutes
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In turn-of-the-twentieth-century Turin, an accident in a textile factory incites workers to stage a walkout. But it s not until they receive unexpected aid from a traveling professor (8½'s Marcello Mastroianni) that they find a voice, unite, and stand up for themselves. This historical drama by Mario Monicello (Big Deal on Madonna Street) is a beautiful and moving ode to the power of the people, brimming with humor and honesty. The Organizer (I compagni) features engaging, naturalistic performances; cinematography by the great Giuseppe Rotunno (Amarcord); and a multilayered, Oscar-nominated screenplay, by Monicelli, Agenore Incrocci (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly), and Furio Scarpelli (Il postino).

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 25120377
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Mario Monicelli
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Black & White
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 10 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 24, 2012
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Marcello Mastroianni, Annie Girardot
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006X96PE2
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 48 ratings

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TUCO H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Communist Propaganda in the form of an absolutely Hilarious Tragi-Comedy
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2022
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Monicelli, even as an old man, in the introduction included in this Criterion release, admits that he is a communist and therefore, sadly and pathetically, until the day he died, still stuck in the rigged banker-controlled false left-right paradigm which persists to this day as a worldwide clown show charade for gullible media dupes to swallow. What is outside that paradigm and defeats it for good is never allowed discussion and is, in fact, demonized as soon as anybody even dares venture there. Massive censorship on all major online platforms now has made the internet just as irrelevant as TV and Radio before it for researching the real truth of any issue. Only art remains for those who want the truth of the human condition and the great thing about real art is that it does not matter what professed ideology the maker of the work claims to have, if he is a real artist and knows the human condition well and how best to express all aspects of it, he will transcend all the hogwash of his own ideology and brainwashing and be lifted on a higher plain of truth

This is what Monicelli, through his specifically comedic genius, is able to accomplish in "The Organizer" whereas someone like Bertolucci completely failed in his expensive and beautifully shot bloated Stalinist melodrama "1900" (the best parts of 1900 are actually the first hour and a half or so where there is the least amount of direct political putridity intervening). You care about these characters not because of the stale and a thousand-times-told Marxist narrative of exploiters and exploited and the so-called "social message" of the movie, but because they are real people on the screen whose flawed and tragic and hilariously farcical absurd existence is laid bare by real artistry, therefore inspiring much pathos and compassion.

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Delant
5.0 out of 5 stars Criterion collection - The Organizer
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2024
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Item as described, prompt shipment, thank you
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H. L. Mason
5.0 out of 5 stars WELL WORTH RESTORING
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014
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If not exactly an undiscovered masterpiece, this is certainly a film that merits my caption. Had it not been for the restoration, excellently done by Criterion, I wouldn't even have come across this film.
Dating from 1963 it is something of a timepiece, more particularly since it depicts industrial life in Turin around the turn of the 19th/20th century. I'm afraid that my knowledge of Italian cinema is rather scant, and had never heard of the director, Mario Monicelli. More's the pity, since he managed to eschew the typically stylized approach that so many famous Italian directors seem to love. This make the film all the more authentic, with all the industrial brutality of the time perfectly captured.
Mastroianni excels in his role as the "sophisticated" union organizer from outside, who tries his best to instill a sense of solidarity and social justice in the workplace, with all the inevitable consequences that such efforts inevitably entailed.
Although I saw it many months ago, it still remains very fresh in my memory. It's one of those films that acquire a sort of patina with age, and don't really date. Particularly impressive are the factory scenes where one feels transposed to a bygone era, which one hopes, even in the third world, has gone forever.
Overall, an excellent film on human endeavor, beautifully directed and highly atmospheric.
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Bahstan Rob
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie and a Great Performance
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2021
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The Organizer is a magnificent movie. Of the great movies about labor organizing, On the Waterfront, Norma Rae, Matewan, Salt of the Earth, The Molly Mcguires and a few others this film is the equal of any. Marcello Mastroianni gives a superb, underplayed performance that is at once comic and tragic. The tragedy, however, belongs entirely to the workers in a Turin textile mill at the end of the 19th Century. Director Mario Monticelli is certainly the equal of most of his fellows in the post-war renaissance of Italian film making. This movie is worth every penny of the cost of buying it. It will be worth every penny you spend in buying it too.
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B. Ying
4.0 out of 5 stars A Great B/W Italian Film
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2023
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This is an almost perfect film about Italian factory workers and their working conditions during the late 19th century in northern Italy with excellent ensemble casting headlining with the great Marcello Mastroianni, expert directions and b/w cinematography. It is funny and sad, revealing the poor living and working conditions for those factory workers in Turin, Italy, before the start of their labor movements.
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A. Andersen
3.0 out of 5 stars Earnest but depressing view of early Italian labor unrest
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 1999
Mastroianni gives a muted performance as he moves from town to town organizing the masses into unions. Overlong and depressing. Uninvolving. The sort of film that used to give "foreign films" a bad name. Oscar Nom for Original Story.
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Anthony Prudori
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting on a number of levels
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2012
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Didn't know what to expect from this film, but trusted that Criterion thought it was worth sharing.

It's an interesting story, well told on a number of levels. A good story about labour-management conflict (almost good enough to use as a training film for unions, with pauses every so often to ask, "Would this be a useful tactic now? Why? Why Not? What other options are available?").

How people learned about folks from other parts of Italy (the Sicilians & Piedmontese blaming each other for each other's woes in their home areas, the Abruzzese soldier saying farmers from home envied factory workers in the north, etc.) was also a good way to remind viewers that Italy is FAR from homogenous.

LOVED the northern Italian accent/cadence/dialect from the actors!
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David Tamarin
5.0 out of 5 stars Avanti populo!
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016
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Lest we forget the struggles. Are we heading back into 'savage capitalism?' A great historical narrative played out in human scale.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic. Fabulous film, and not just for ...
Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2014
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A classic. Fabulous film, and not just for union or Italian film junkies.
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Ove Rytter Jensen
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2015
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Excellent!
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Elleppi
4.0 out of 5 stars A great Mastroianni for one of Monicelli's best yet least known film. A plause to Criterion Collection for this blu ray edition
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2015
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One of Monicelli's least known yet more important and dramatic films. This guy made some of italian most classic and important films, like "I Soliti Ignoti" and "La Grande Guerra". Usually sarcastic and critical versus italian society, here he loses humor and direct a film that is fully dramatic, helped by a touching and intimate Marcello Mastroianni. It's a corageous story because it is not only politcial but it is set in end of 19th century, among factory workers, socialist movements and a deep sense of realism: but it's still kind of valid and true, even know. So not an appealing subject, yet a strong and unforgettable drama.
A plause to Criterion Collection for this blu ray edition: visual quality, lots of info and extras and the courage of distributing a film like that. Hope this helps to make some of you buy it.
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