New Arrival Conversation Piece

Luchino Viscontis award-winning classicConversation Pieceexamines the solitary life of a
retired American professor (Burt Lancaster,Sweet Smell of Success) who lives alone in a
luxurious palazzo in Rome. When he is confronted by a vulgar Italian noblewoman (Silvana
Mangano,Dune) and her bisexual boytoy lover Konrad (Helmut Berger,The Godfather Part III) he is forced to rent them an apartment on the upper floor of his home. Before long his quietroutine is turned upside down and the introverted professor slowly succumbs to Konradscharms, a relationship of desire and domination. Viscontis penultimate film, touching on ideasof class, sex, fascism, and an unsettling confrontation with mortality, is the culmination of hiscareer as a master of Italian cinema.

The restorationinitiated in 2019 and finalized in its 4K master version in December 2023 was carried out byCSC Cineteca Nazionale (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia)using:
Theoriginal 35mm camera negative
Theoptical sound negative
(both supplied by Minerva Pictures Group Srl)

Image processing, scanning, and final grading were completed atStudio Emme, Rome,
withsound supervision by Federico Savina.

Product Extras:

• Audio Commentary by Film Critic Bilge Ebiri
• Archival Interview with Film Critic and Screenwriter Alessandro Bencivenni
• Alternate Italian Audio Track
• Theatrical Trailer