Pier Paolo Pasolini (1995) was co-written and directed by Ivo Barnabò Micheli. It runs for just 58 minutes, but they are 58 long minutes.
Director Micheli tries to give us on overview of Pasolini, based on his own words and some clips of film footage. The problem is that Pasolini's words, in subtitles, didn't make much sense to me. I could understand each word, but I couldn't understand what his meaning was.
Yes, he was gay, but everyone knew that at the time. Yes, he had some weird thing going with mother/son relationships, but if you watch Mama Roma, you can see that. Yes, he made three pornographic films at the end of his career, and then "repudiated" them. (How do you repudiate a film--it's there, and always will be.)
We saw this movie as an extra on the Criterion version of Mama Rosa. I don't think it's worth watching. However, if you decide to watch it, don't see it before Pasolini's "La Ricotta." The key scene from "La Ricotta" is shown in this movie. Watching this film will ruin that scene for you.
Director Micheli tries to give us on overview of Pasolini, based on his own words and some clips of film footage. The problem is that Pasolini's words, in subtitles, didn't make much sense to me. I could understand each word, but I couldn't understand what his meaning was.
Yes, he was gay, but everyone knew that at the time. Yes, he had some weird thing going with mother/son relationships, but if you watch Mama Roma, you can see that. Yes, he made three pornographic films at the end of his career, and then "repudiated" them. (How do you repudiate a film--it's there, and always will be.)
We saw this movie as an extra on the Criterion version of Mama Rosa. I don't think it's worth watching. However, if you decide to watch it, don't see it before Pasolini's "La Ricotta." The key scene from "La Ricotta" is shown in this movie. Watching this film will ruin that scene for you.
