A lot has been written about Italy’s prominent, yet controversial film director, poet and journalist Pier Paolo Pasolini. This documentary film by Philo Bregstein offers a rare glimpse into the tumultuous life of Pasolini until his still unresolved murder circumstances in 1975.
Rare, because the film was made six years after Pasolini’s death and so his [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 01.13.2008 at 10:28 am// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Documentary, Entertainment, Italian Cinema , alberto moravia, Bernardo Bertolucci, laura betti, Philo Bregstein, pier paolo pasolini
I had no particular expectations from this film. I believe a film synopsis has this ingrained tendency to misrepresent sometimes. In this film Bernardo Bertolucci takes you to his early days in cinema, during the tumultuous late 60’s. It’s highly experimental, with erratic jump cuts, inconsistent plot line, political propaganda (Free Vietnam!) and occasional stylistic [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 12.25.2006 at 9:59 am// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Drama, Entertainment, Italian Cinema, New Wave, Political , Bernardo Bertolucci, Entertainment, New Wave, New Wave Cinema, Partner, Political