Pasolini’s films are challenging but I like to challenge myself from time to time, and his body of work has become one of my go-to selections when I’m looking to push myself outside of my comfort zone. That said, his adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is probably the most fun and unreservedly entertaining […] Read more »
I continue my sporadic exploration of the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini with this first part of his Trilogy of Life. Lighter in tone yet no less subversive than the other films of his I’ve seen to-date, The Decameron adapts nine stories from Giovanni Boccaccio’s medieval text. These include randy nuns, duplicitous beauties, bountiful toilet […] Read more »
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s retelling of Sophocles’ classical tragedy is a typically vivid and visually arresting affair, featuring bold performances from Franco Citti and Silvana Mangano, outrageous costumes and stunning photography. Read my full review here Read more »
Pier Paolo Pasolini is a fascinating, if challenging filmmaker, who I have only fairly recently begun to fully appreciate. As is probably the case with numerous other critics of my generation, my entry point to the Italian’s canon was his final film, the depraved Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Since then I have […] Read more »