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La classe operaia va
in paradiso
(1971) |
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01. La classe operaia va in paradiso
02. Metamorfosi
03. Sinfonia dell'ottimista
04. Inventario
05. Tempi di lavorazione
06. Il sogno
07. Pazzia di lavoro
08. Alienazione
09. La classe operaia va in paradiso # 2
10. Matamorfosi # 2
11. Sinfonia dell'ottimista # 02
12. Alenazione # 2
13. Inventario # 2
14. La classe operaia va in paradiso # 3 |
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Limited edition of 500 copies
De-Luxe 8 pages colour booklet enriched from archival photos |
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| description |
GDM Music is glad to present on a special edition CD the OST
by Ennio Morricone for the movie La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso
directed in 1971 by Elio Petri and written with Ugo Pirro, starring
Gian Maria Volontè, Mariangela Melato, Salvo Randone
and Luigi Diberti.
The movie won the Grand Prix as best movie 1972 Cannes Film
Festival.
La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso explores through the character
of Ludovico Massa known as Lulù (Volontè), the
universe inside the italian factory in the '70s , telling
the alienated relationship of the working men with the machine
and the stressing production time, but also investigating
on the life of the working men outside their work place.
This alienation is perfectly given by the original score of
Ennio Morricone expressing in music throughout the atmosphere
of the Italian factory during '70s:
the relationship man-machine immersed in a hellish world of
smoke and sparks, where the deafening and obsessive mechanical
noise of the machines enters into the head at any moment of
the working day, so dramatically, so desperately.
Morricone has created an OST that alternates violent times
to other ambiguous and apparently calm ones where a recurring
military taste march dominates, with electronic effects, distorted
electric guitars and mandolins in pure Indagine Su Un Cittadino
Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto style that imitate the noise
of the industrial machines.
For this CD, digitally restored and remastered, the full
master tapes of the original session survived until today
only in mono have been used and, in addition to the stereo
mix of the original album tracks, six unreleased mono tracks
have been added.
De-Luxe eight pages colour booklet enriched from archival
photos.
Limited pressing. |
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| story |
If this Italian drama were any less well
told, it would come off as a pure union propaganda piece.
Instead, it is a worthy film for the director who made the
acclaimed film Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion.
In any manufacturing situation, it simply doesn't pay to be
the fastest and hardest working person on the assembly line.
In the first place, you probably can't keep up the pace you've
set. In the second place, you make all your co-workers a)
look bad and b) have to work harder;
they will not thank you for this.
Appearances to the contrary, it's a really stupid thing to
do.
However, Lulu Massa (Gian Maria Volonte) doesn't understand
this simple principle, and he enjoys the pay bonuses he gets
from management , until he has to leave work to recuperate
from an accident in which he lost a finger.
During that time, he visits a colleague who shows him not
only the error of his own ways, but the horror of his whole
working situation.
When he goes back to work, Massa tries to organize a union.
At first, he is just as unpopular with his co-workers as before,
but he is persistent.
Cast:
Mariangela Melato, Luigi Diberti, Salvo Randone, Renata Zamengo,
Mietta Albertini, Donato Castellaneta, Ezio Marano, Giuseppe
Fortis, Gino Pernice
Director:
Elio Petri |
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