"Actor: Luchino Visconti"

• La Terra Trema | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £8.08   |  Saving you £11.91 (147.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Visconti's masterpiece of post-war Italian cinema is released on DVD to tie in with the British Film Institute's major retrospective of the director. This haunting and beautiful portrayal of the tough life led by Sicilian fishermen tells the story of the Valestro family's struggle to escape poverty by buying their own boat only to be exploited by unscrupulous businessmen. After the film's release the family publicly expressed their gratitude to Visconti for making their story known to the world.

• Bailey On | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Available on DVD for the first time are these three documentaries commissioned by Lew Grade for ITV between 1968 and 1971 directed by the acclaimed photographer David Bailey; one of the prime architects of the Swinging Sixties. With his standing among the artistic community Bailey was given unprecedented access to his subjects - photographer Cecil Beaton Italian film director Luchino Visconti and pop art legend Andy Warhol. The latter documentary was infamously banned by the Appea