The Five Days (1973)

[Ian Jane]

Coming in March from Severin.


THE FIVE DAYS Comes to Blu-ray!

After FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET, Dario Argento stepped away from giallo to create what remains the only non-horror/thriller – and least-seen film – of his career: Set during 1848’s five-day siege of Milan by the Austrian army, a cynical thief (pop star Adriano Celentano) teams with a naïve young baker (Enzo Terascio of THE DEAD ARE ALIVE!) to survive the brutality and absurdity of the Italian Revolution. Marilù Tolo (THE SCORPION WITH TWO TALES), Glauco Onorato (BLACK SABBATH) and Salvatore Baccaro (aka ‘Sal Boris’ of THE BEAST IN HEAT) co-star in this dark action-comedy that reflected turbulent ‘70s Italy and Argento’s own politics, from a story co-written by Enzo Ungari (THE LAST EMPEROR) and Luigi Cozzi (PAGANINI HORROR) with a rousing score by Giorgio Gaslini (DEEP RED), now scanned in 4K from the original negative with over 4½ hours of all-new Special Features.

THE FIVE DAYS Special Features:

Audio Commentary With Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder By Design: The Unsane Cinema Of Dario Argento, and Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution — Interview With Director Dario Argento
The Battle For Freedom — Interview With Screenwriter Luigi Cozzi
For The First Time — Interview With Executive Producer Claudio Argento
An Italian Story — Interview With Actress Carla Tatò
Home Delivery — Interview With Actress Luisa De Santis
174 Years Ago — Interview With Production Manager Angelo Iacono
Dario Argento: The Man, The Myths & The Magic Author Alan Jones on THE FIVE DAYS
Trailer
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Feature Specs for THE FIVE DAYS:

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: Italian Mono
Subtitles: English
Closed Captions: English SDH
Region: A

[agent999]

That's probably going to be an expensive set. I haven't seen it for a very long time, but not sure I would spend much on it. The film was all over the place.

[Randy G]

Never even heard of this, odd.

[James Reed]

Not sure about the film, but I'd love that CD!

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THE FIVE DAYS (1973)

After FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET, Dario Argento stepped away from giallo to create what remains the only non-horror/thriller – and least-seen film – of his career: Set during 1848’s five-day siege of Milan by the Austrian army, a cynical thief (pop star Adriano Celentano) teams with a naïve young baker (Enzo Terascio of THE DEAD ARE ALIVE!) to survive the brutality and absurdity of the Italian Revolution. Marilù Tolo (THE SCORPION WITH TWO TALES), Glauco Onorato (BLACK SABBATH) and Salvatore Baccaro (aka ‘Sal Boris’ of THE BEAST IN HEAT) co-star in this dark action-comedy that reflected turbulent ‘70s Italy and Argento’s own politics, from a story co-written by Enzo Ungari (THE LAST EMPEROR) and Luigi Cozzi (PAGANINI HORROR) with a rousing score by Giorgio Gaslini (DEEP RED), now scanned in 4K from the original negative with over 4½ hours of all-new Special Features.