Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) (Criterion Collection) UK Only [Blu-ray] [2020]

The provocative Italian filmmaker ELIO PETRI's most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (A Fistful of Dollars' GIAN MARIA VOLONTÉ, in a commanding performance) investigating a heinous crime-which he committed himself. Both a penetrating character study and a disturbing commentary on the draconian crackdowns by the Italian government in the late 1960s and early '70s, Petri's kinetic portrait of surreal bureaucracy is a perversely pleasurable rendering of controlled chaos.SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 4K digital restoration by the Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackArchival interview with director Elio Petri, conducted by critic and filmmaker Alexandre AstrucElio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005), a ninety minute documentary on the director's career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators... - Manufacturers part number: CRITERION COLLECTION_CC3210BDUK