Criterion Reflections – Episode 92 – Francesco Rosi’s The Mattei Affair and Lina Wertmüllers The Seduction of Mimi

David is joined by Jason Beamish to discuss two Italian films of 1972 with a decidedly leftist political tilt.

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David is joined by Jason Beamish to discuss The Mattei Affair, directed by Francesco Rosi, and The Seduction of Mimi, directed by Lina Wertmüller.

The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Channel
Letterboxd
Wikipedia
Film Reference
New York Times (obituary)

The Mattei Affair

The Criterion Channel
Letterboxd
Wikipedia
The Village Voice (1972)
The Village Voice (1973)
In The Picture
Jonathan Rosenbaum

Enrico Mattei

Wikipedia
Arts and Culture (Google)
ENI
FEEM
OVO

Lina Wertmüller

The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Channel
Wikipedia
Film Reference
Cineaste
Lenny
New York Times
Roger Ebert

The Seduction of Mimi

Wikipedia
Prime Video
New York Times (1974)
Battleship Pretension
Every 70s Movie
Mountain Express
Slant

Bonus Link:

HERTZFELDT ON BLU-RAY – 2021 Kickstarter Campaign (mentioned in the episode)

Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
The Eclipse Viewer
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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