In my opinion what Fassbinder was for Germany, and Jarman for England, Pier Paolo Pasolini was for Italy, as all 3 courted controversy, and had a certain organic tragic feeling. An overview and appreciation instead of sleep sounds ok to me then.......:)
1. Accattone - 1961, he burst upon the cinematic scene with this neo realist tale of a less than savoury character, very gritty looking, all the faces were rough and largely unknown, the profane and the sacred were mixed too, i love that.
4. The Gospel According to St. Matthew - 1964, it may be shallow of me to say this but i love the music and the hats most in this wonderful religious film.
6. Oedipus Rex - 1967, this is i believe the start of a trilogy of death, and not everyone likes this, it may seem a bit too rough around the edges, but it works perfectly for me.
7. Teorema - 1968, a for the most part quiet and enigmatic thing, full of allegory and stuff, the ending was like Pow!!! in your face statement.
8. Porcile - 1969, the trilogy of death concludes on an even stranger, more allegorical level.
9. Medea - 1969, perhaps Pasolini's most visually yummy film to look at. The ending i love for it's suddenness and fiery tone.
10. The Decameron - 1971, kicks off the Trilogy of Life, where the good ole years of past centuries are celebrated. Pier Paolo was escaping through his art here, and it is often pretty charming.
11. The Canterbury Tales - 1972, the most fun of this trilogy, he takes blasphemy to a dizzying new height at the end.
12. Arabian Nights - 1974, my favorite of all his films, it grows on you, and melds magic with drama seamlessly.
13. Salo - 1975, sadly this is what most only know this great director for, it's technically brilliant, but he wasn't setting out to make a nice picture, he was gonna go out with a bang.
Those are his principal film works, a short found in the omnibus film The Witches must be gotten, it might be the one with a guy's face is all painted green, that's always seemed interesting from clips seen in a documentary. Nope, it's What Are the Clouds a colorful continuation of Hawks and Sparrows i bet ....:)
And the three of them were homosexual and leftist 馃槃. My favorite Passolini films are 7,8 and 13. Salo is not only VERY provoking, it is great imo. I have never been very fond of 10,11 and 12.
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@Cierzo It's uncanny they share all those traits lol ..... Thanks for saying what you like best, and your view on the life trilogy.
