Accattone
Classic Italian neo-realism. A great introduction to Pasolini.
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Filmography
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Porcile
PORCILE (PIGSTY), the story of a cannibal in a medieval wasteland, is interwoven with that of the son of an ex-Nazi industrialist in modern day Germany. The young German, who is more attracted to pigs than his fiancee, and the cannibal become sacrificial victims of their different societies. This...Watch Movie
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Oedipus Rex
A dark and riveting retelling of the classic tragedy "Oedipus Rex." Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar. Set in...Watch Movie
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The Gospel According to Saint Matthew
The birth, life, teachings and death on the cross of Jesus Christ presented almost as a cinéma-vérité documentary. Pasolini's second feature seemed a strange choice for such a revolutionary director, but it is an attempt to take Christ out of the opulent church and present him...Watch Movie
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Love Meetings
LOVE MEETINGS is a cinпїЅma vпїЅritпїЅ investigation of sex in Italy, including impressive appearances by famed author Alberto Moravia and noted psychologist Cesare Musatti. Pier Paolo Pasolini, the poet turned filmmaker, appears as the interviewer and asks a wide-range of individuals to share...Watch Movie
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The Hawks and the Sparrows
THE HAWKS AND THE SPARROWS, a wildly comic fable, stars the beloved stone faced clown Toto as an Italian everyman, and Ninetto Davoli as his good-natured but empty headed son. Pasolini uses a comic crow, which philosophizes amusingly and pointedly about the passing scene as a...Watch Movie
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Accattone
The first of Pier Paolo Pasolini's highly acclaimed films and the winner of numerous film festival prizes, ACCATTONE uses a talented cast to present a vivid picture of the Roman slums. Based on one of the filmmaker/poet's novels, this story of a pimp, his friends, his enemies and his girls is...Watch Movie
Genres
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
- Adaptation / Theatrical / Stage
- Classic / Classic Drama
- Comedy / Farce
- Crime / Transgression / Murder
- Documentary / Process / Cinéma-vérité
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Drama / Biopic
- Drama / Costume Drama
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Realism / Social Realism
- Drama / Religious
- Drama / Tragedy
- Fantasy / Fable
- International / European / Italian
Recent Reviews
Oedipus Rex
Ay, ay, ay Passolini...
The Hawks and the Sparrows
This richly symbolic film is really impossible to understand without some knowledge of 20th Century Italian history, and particularly the power of the Roman Catholic Church. The Lateran Treaty of...
Accattone
Unwatchable. The white subtitles against a lot of white background made too much of the film impossible to understand as I don't speak Italian.
Accattone
Not stunning at all. Badly acted. Subtitles difficult to see against a light backdrop. I had to give up.