Perverse, disturbing and chilling, but also essential, Pasoliniโs controversial final film evokes both disgust and fascination in equal measure.
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Perverse, disturbing and chilling, but also essential, Pasoliniโs controversial final film evokes both disgust and fascination in equal measure.
Pasolini asks the Italian public very bold and awkward questions about sexโand all of its political, social, economic and cultural implicationsโin this superb and highly-entertaining documentary survey.
Tales of lust and love are intertwined with Pasoliniโs astonishing location shooting in this weird concoction of a film that runs a bit too long.
Slow cinema as an anti-police procedural, Dumontโs fascinating if unclassifiable work features a hypnotic Emmanuel Schotte (in his only film role), whose face must be one of the most arresting in all of cinema.
The story-within-a-story treatise might feel undercooked but Welles still does a lot within its short runtime, particularly creating the filmโs dreamy, intoxicating atmosphere, accompanied by the ethereal music of Erik Satie.ย ย
Not as complete as The Decameron was, this lust-filled, sex-crazed medieval fantasy will probably knock you out with its comic outrageousness.
Pasoliniโs first film in his unofficial โTrilogy of Lifeโ is wildly provocative and blasphemous where religion and sex meet at the crossroads of art.
Powerful, poetic and sublime, this could be Pasolini’s magnum opus and arguably the greatest film about the life of Jesus Christ.
Scorseseโs entertaining Bob Dylan documentary doesnโt really go very deep but it is an indelible time capsule as it tracks the legendary artisteโs defining 1975 tour across America.
Chan does his stunts and comedy with aplomb, but this sequel is let down by a wafer-thin plot and poor pacing.