A woman is raped outside a tenement while her neighbors tune out the screams with their TVs… an avant-garde theatre troupe enacts the Death of God and the annihilation of the human race… a smiling Italian youth cavorts on a Rome thoroughfare while bombs explode around the world… two couples discuss war and revolution in an idyllic rooftop garden… a professor leads his students in a mock debate about Vietnam that threatens to escalate into genuine bloodshed…
Like the visions of a fickle television viewer switching channels from escapist violence to newscast genocide to political debate, LOVE AND ANGER brings together the talents of world class filmmakers Academy AwardŽ winner Bernardo Bertolucci (THE LAST EMPEROR), Marco Bellocchio (DEVIL IN THE FLESH), Pier Paolo Pasolini (SALO`), Carlo Lizzani (THE LAST DAYS OF MUSSOSLINI) and French Nouvelle Vague pioneer Jean-Luc Godard (BAND OF OUTSIDERS) to tell five thematically linked stories of love, anger and indifference at the end of the 20th Century.
Nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 1969 Berlin Film Festival, LOVE AND ANGER is a portmanteau film in the tradition of DEAD OF NIGHT and NEW YORK STORIES and features a one-time-only assortment of performers including Nino Castelnuovo (ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS), Andy Warhol Factory member Tom Baker (BLOW JOB) and The Living Theatre founders Julian Beck (POLTERGEIST II) and Judith Malina (THE ADDAMS FAMILY).
An obscure title in the resumes of all involved, LOVE AND ANGER is a time capsule of hopes and fears during the turbulent Vietnam era. NoShame Films is proud to present the film's DVD premiere in an uncut, deluxe 2-disc that includes 80 minutes of recent interviews with Marco Bellocchio and Carlo Lizzani, as well as assistant director Maurizio Ponzi and editor Roberto Perpignani.
- Actors: Adriano Aprà, Tom Baker, Rochelle Barbini, Julian Beck, Giulio Cesare Castello
- Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
- Director: Jean-Luc Godard
- Director: Carlo Lizzani
- Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Audience Rating: Unrated
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language (Subtitled): English
- Language (Original Language): English
- Language (Original Language): French
- Language (Original Language): Italian
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2005-10-25
- Running Time: 102 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 1969
