Isabella Rossellini Movie:

		List Price: $24.99		Label: Image Entertainment Salesrank: 3076 Released: January 30, 2007
		Our Price: $11.09
		Used Price: $10.00
		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Discover the world, one person at a time…Discovery Atlas! Journey through the heart of the picturesque country of Italy: a land stretching from the snow-capped peaks of the Alps to the sun-baked semi-desert of Sicily. Over the course of one year, follow the lives and loves, trials and tribulations and the hopes and dreams of a group of people who exemplify what it is to be Italian. Spanning the length and breadth of Italy, this film combines stunning location footage of its famous monuments and its hidden jewels. The latest computer graphics will propel you through the Italian landscape, while personal insights unravel the stereotypes and hidden secrets of what makes the nation tick. Combining stunning location footage with the latest computer graphics, this narrative propels viewers on a magic carpet ride through the Italian landscape, while providing personal insights into the lives of real Italians.

Discovery Atlas: Italy Revealed [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Italy revealed
2009-10-02 - Very well done video with different indendant living scenarios by native Italians which makes it even more personal and interesting !
Narration by ISABELLA ROSELLINI IS WELL DONE WITH AN AUTHENTIC ITALIAN FLAVOR.................BEING ITALIAN THIS IS WELL APPRECIATED.

Great Series
2009-07-23 - This show brings you into the lives of ordinary Italian people to truly explore the wonders of Italy in High Def. The show is captivating and makes me long to travel.

reaaly disppointed
2009-02-12 - I wanted to see more of Italy and less of a story line. Race car driving shows what beuatiful part of Rome.????......NONE. I guess it was my fault for not looking at a review.

Great Documentary !!
2009-01-27 - This is not a tipical Turisty view of Italy, it's more cultural. They manage to create an in depth documentary, focusing on people from a few specific areas of Italy. The images are outstanding.

Sergio V.

Excellent Concept Inadvertently Debunks Global Warming
2008-12-06 - My husband and I are very big fans of Italy, Italian cooking and Italian wine and thoroughly enjoyed this Discovery Atlas DVD. The high definition photography is breathtaking. The telling of the modern day Italy and its historical roots through the eyes of different Italian people from many walks of life from areas all over the country is inspired. We highly recommend this DVD.

As an interesting aside one of the stories told by the DVD involves a man from the Italian Alps area of the country and who has been a member of a volunteer mountain rescue team for many years. The narrator makes a passing comment that due to global warming and the melting of the snow pack the man is now able to visit a warming hut used by his grandfather during an historic battle with the Austrians during World War I. Following World War I that same warming hut was covered by decades of snow pack denying access to the hut until recent global warming had once again revealed its location. Clearly a bit of unnecessary political commentary on Discovery's part and that might have inadvertently missed its intended mark.

Although an Interesting piece of history the warming hut story left my husband and I wondering what changed in the Earth's climate (global cooling perhaps) during the late 19th century and early 20th century that allowed the man's grandfather and his fellow soldiers access to the warming hut and then subsequently kept the warming hut covered by snow pack for decades until the late 20th and early 21st century. Although a single data point, the described circumstance does have the feel of a trend rather than a politically correct crisis management event.