A sardinian peasant is suspected of murder following an encounter with bandits'. '.strtoupper('i')n order to survive, he has no option but to turn to banditry himself'. '.strtoupper('w')inning multiple awards at the venice film festival, bandits of orgosolo continues the traditions of visconti and de sica yet with his own style and rhythms vittorio de seta musters just as much power as the earlier masters'. '.strtoupper('t')his release includes de seta’s remarkable short film programme ‘the lost world’ comprising his cannes film festival award winning short film islands of fire and others which survey italy’s poorest communities'. '.strtoupper('d')espite awards and plaudits on release these incredible films only now make their english language debut on home video'. '.strtoupper('u')pon release, bandits moved martin scorsese to observe “it was as if de seta were an anthropologist who spoke with the voice of a poet.” limited edition blu ray special featuresdisc 1 new 4k restoration from the original camera negative by the film foundation and cineteca di bologna at l’immagine ritrovata laboratory, in association with titanus with funding provided by the hobson lucas family foundationnew interview with cinematographer luciano tovoli 2024, 28 minsnew interview with curator and filmmaker ehsan khoshbakht 2024, 11 minsdisc 2 the lost world a programme of ten restored short films by de seta, featuring islands of fire 1954, 11 mins, the age of the swordfish 1954, 11 mins, golden parable 1955, 10 mins, sea countrymen 1955, 11 mins, solfatara 1955, 11 mins, easter in sicily 1955, 10 mins, orgosolo’s shepherds 1958, 11 mins, fishing boats 1959, 11 mins, a day in barbagia 1958, 11 mins, the forgotten 1959, 21 mins, restored by fondazione cineteca di bologna at l’immagine ritrovata laboratory and the film foundation, with funding provided by the george lucas family foundation.archival interview with vittorio de seta 2008, 18 minsnew interview with curator and filmmaker ehsan khoshbakht 2024, 21 minstraileroptional english subtitles reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by filippo di battistalimited edition booklet featuring new writing by roberto curti