Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini - what members say

Salo Or The 120 Days Of Sodom review by filmjack3 from new jersey

It's not necessarily a film - more an endurance test... 14 July 2004
... Pasolini was), and I have to say that at least from an objective point of view Pier Paolo Pasolini gets the job done there. With great cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli (Once Up...

Theorem review by James Green from Surrey, England

A film to challenge and make you think: this is not Hollywood! 19 November 2007
...‘Theorem’ was made by the brilliant but controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini staring Brit Terence Stamp speaking his best Italian. He plays the un-named visitor to a wealthy...

Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom - BLU-RAY... (2 discs) (1975)
Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Pasolini's adaptation of the Marquis de Sade's 18th-century novel transfers the action to WWII Italy, where Fascist rulers brutalise and torture a group of adolescent girls and boys. Soundly condemned at the time of its release by Italian censors, SALO proffers an unflinching look at the horrors ..read more »

Rate this: 50% from 49 members

Arabian Nights (1974)
Starring: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Tessa Bouche
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Exotic spectacle and unbridled sensuality collide in Pier Paolo Pasolini's dreamlike retelling of the Arabian fable. In this lush adaptation, a prince goes abroad in search of his beloved slave, whom someone has kidnapped. As he travels from land to land, he listens to erotic tales told by the ..read more »

Rate this: 49% from 1,055 members

The Canterbury Tales on DVD (1972)
Starring: Hugh Griffith, Josephine Chaplin, Jenny Runacre
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Six of Chaucer's classic 15th-century tales presented complete with all their bawdy humor about romance, deception and lust. Second film in the "Trilogy of Life."

Rate this: 56% from 203 members

The Decameron (1970)
Starring: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Octet of ribald tales from Boccaccio's "Decameron" with Pasolini as Giotto providing the link between the tales. First in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life," which also includes "The Arabian Nights" and "The Canterbury Tales." Originally rated X by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Rate this: 53% from 851 members

The Gospel According To St. Matthew on DVD (1964)
Starring: Enrique Irazoqui, Susanna Pasolini, Mario Socrate
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Christ's life is presented with respect for the traditional religious doctrine of the church, but Pasolini's trademark naturalism "humanizes" his subject and makes Him his own. The documentary-style camera captures Christ's meetings with the men who were to become his disciples, the Last Supper, ..read more »

Rate this: 74% from 256 members

Pasolini Vol.1 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Franco Citti, France Pasut, Silvana Corsini
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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A triple feature collection from revered Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Rate this: 72% from 131 members

Pier Paolo Pasolini - Vol 2 (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Pierre Clementi
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Three classic films from Italian neo-realist Pier Paolo Pasolini: HAWKS AND SPARROWS, OEDIPUS REX and PIGSTY.

Rate this: 65% from 156 members

Pasolini Vol.1 - 3.5 stars
Theorem - 3.5 stars
The Gospel According To St. Matthew - 3.5 stars
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Vol 2 - 3.5 stars
The Decameron - 2.5 stars

Franco Citti - 5 times - show films
Ninetto Davoli - 4 times - show films
Laura Betti - 3 times - show films
Giorgio Cataldi - 2 times - show films
Silvana Mangano - 2 times - show films