Working Class Goes to Heaven Blu-ray

'The Working Class Goes to Heaven' Director: Elio Petri (1971) Radiance Blu-ray | 2K restoration |  Staff Pick  | Italian w/ English subtitles

After losing a finger in a work accident, a factory worker comes under immense psychological pressures as he becomes increasingly embroiled in the worlds of political and revolutionary groups. Gloriously unhinged and award-winning performance from Gian Maria Volnonté accompanied by an exceptional score by Ennio Morricone and stunning cinematography by Luigi Kuveiller (Deep Red).

Special features include:
- Archival interview with Elio Petri from the Cannes Film Festival
- Career-encompassing archival interview with Gian Maria Volonté from French TV
- Archival interview with actor Corrado Solari
- Appreciation of Gian Maria Volonté and the film by filmmaker Alex Cox
- Petri's Praxis: Ideology and Cinema in Post-war Italy - A visual essay by scholar Matthew Kowalski on Petri's relationship with left-wing politics and its impact on his cinema 
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven - Background to a Film Shot in Novara (2006), by Serena Checcucci and Enrico Omodeo Salé; an unconventional making-of documentary, exploring the real-life factory location where the film was shot and the story behind the film’s production there, as told by the staff, film extras and crew