"La Strada" will be released November 18th by Criterion. Amazon is asking $28. Both the Italian and English versions will be available on the SAME dvd.

Memory: It was my first year out of high school. I attended the first week of film screenings at the local film club organized by older film school students. The first screening was "La Strada". I had never seen it, coming from a small mid-western town where there were few art houses. I wept as I have never wept for a movie before. When the house lights came up at the end, I was ashamed of how wet my face was, and struggled to use my sleeves to wipe off my tears. I've never forgotten how just obverving the reflected light and moving shadows off a flat surface could move me to react so strongly until my gut ached with misery. Whoever dismissed film as shallow has never seen "La Strada"