Radiance Films questions whether THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN (review)

When a factory's proud, standout worker loses his thumb in a machinery accident, his entire psyche erodes even as he becomes the tool of protesting students, striking workers, a divided union, and self-interested management.  Gian Maria Volante stars and Elio Petri directs.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• 1972 TV interview with director Elio Petri from the Cannes Film Festival 
• 1984 interview with actor Gian Maria Volonté from French TV 
• 2015 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" visual essay by scholar Matthew Kowalski 
• "The Working Class Goes to Heaven: Background to a Film Shot in Novara" 2006 documentary by Serena Checcucci and Enrico Omodeo Salé 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow. 
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies includes a limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Eugenio Renzi, "Elio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker" author Roberto Curti on Petri and Volonté's collaborations and relationship, archival writing and reviews. 
• The limited edition is packaged in a full-height Scanavo case with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.