The Pasolini collection brings together six controversial films by the legendary Italian filmmaker, including his bawdy 'Trilogy of Life' films (The Decameron, Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights), all of which feature scores by the Academy Award winning composer Ennio Morricone. Also included is Pasolini's brutal adaptation of Euripedes' Medea, starring opera sensation Maria Callas in her only film role, the scandalous modern drama Theorem, featuring a youthful Terence Stamp, and Pasolini's final, shocking film, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, based on the writings... of the infamous Marquis De Sade. These intense, shocking and often extreme films challenged audiences and critics upon their original release, and they continue to do so today. Pasolini's legacy can be felt in the raw and energetic cinema of independent filmmakers such as Miike Takashi (whose Visitor Q is a re-interpretation of Theorem) and Abel Ferrara (whose latest film explores Pasolini's final days, with Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation of Christ) playing the great director). [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray and DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD Brutal and uncompromising the films of controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini have shocked and outraged audiences for decades and their power remains undiminished to this day Presented together for the first time these six films stand as a testimony to his unique and untameable talents In Theorem a youthful Terence Stamp seduces each member of a bourgeois family Medea features opera legend Maria Callas in a dark tale of betrayal and revenge The Decameron The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights form the bawdy Trilogy of Life all with scores by the legendary Ennio Morricone And Pasolini&39;s final shocking film Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom sees him pushing his art to extremes THEOREM Italy 1968 colour some tinted black and white 98 minsMEDEA Italy France Germany 1969 colour 111 minsTHE DECAMERON Italy France Germany 1971 colour 111 minsTHE CANTERBURY TALES Italy France 1972 colour 111 minsARABIAN NIGHTS Italy France 1974 colour 130 minsSALÒ OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM Italy France 1975 colour 117 minsSpecial featuresAlternative English language versions of all filmsDeleted sequences and alternative shots for selected filmsOriginal trailers and teaser spotsTheorem audio commentary by Italian-film expert Robert GordonNotes for an African Oresteia (Pasolini 1970 73 mins) an exploration of the parallels between Aeschylus Orestes trilogy and African politicsWhoever Says the Truth Shall Die (Philo Bregstein 1981 58 mins) the classic documentary on Pasolini&39;s life and workWalking with Pasolini (Roberto Purvis 2008 21 mins) documentary featuring Neil Bartlett David Forgacs and Noam ChomskyPasolini and the Italian Genre Film (Alberto Farina David Gregory 2009 35 mins) exclusive documentary featuring Italian film producers Alfredo Bini and Luciano MartinoSalò Fade to Black (Nigel Algar 2001 24 mins) Mark Kermode explores the ongoing relevance of Pasolini&39;s final filmOpen Your Eyes! (Gideon Bachmann 2008 21 mins) on the set of SalòOstia (Julian Cole 1987 26 mins) short film in which Derek Jarman plays PasoliniOstia audio commentary by director Julian Cole&39;Ostia The Death of Pasolini&39; (Peter Christopherson 2009 7 mins) Short homage set to the song by CoilIllustrated booklet featuring a new essay by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and full film credits
Collection of six features from Italian film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini. 'The Decameron' (1971), the first of Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life' films, is an adaptation of the novel by Giovanni Bocaccio and features nine stories from the 'Decameron Tales' including those of a Neapolitan thief, a man posing as a deaf mute in a convent, an adulteress, a man on his deathbed, three brothers who kill their sister's boyfriend and two friends trying to find out their fate after death. 'The Canterbury Tales' (1972) is a bawdy and scandalous adaptation of Chaucer's tales and includes elements of eight different Chaucer characters - Merchant, Friar, Cook, Miller, Wife of Bath, Reeve, Pardoner and Summoner - and ends with Pasolini's celebrated vision of hell. 'Arabian Nights' (1974) completes the 'Trilogy of Life' series with a number of tales adapted from 'The Thousand and One Nights'. The main story follows a young man who falls in love with a slave and goes in search of her after she is abducted. 'Medea' (1969) stars Maria Callas in the title role as the daughter of a king who falls in love with Jason (Giuseppe Gentile) and helps him steal the golden fleece. She becomes Jason's wife and queen, but when he decides to leave her she wreaks a horrible revenge, murdering her own children. In 'Theorem' (1968), a mysterious stranger (Terence Stamp) arrives at an Italian household and manages to seduce the entire Milanese family as well as their religious maid Emilia (Laura Betti), thereby stripping away their comfortable bourgeois morals and identities. When he suddenly departs, his absence causes the occupants of the house to re-evaluate their lives. Set in 1943, 'Salo' (1975) concerns the exploits of four high-ranking fascist officials - a duke, a bishop, a banker and a judge - who lock themselves away in a palace with a retinue of servants and sixteen kidnapped teenagers, both male and female. They systematically torture and abuse the teenagers in a series of sadistic tableaux involving coprophilia, necrophilia and murder.
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