“My heroes are young men who rebel against society, and so are devoured by it.” So wrote Pier Paolo Pasolini in a journal, recited in a new half-hour feature encapsulating the nine films The Criterion Collection is presenting in their...
Title: Oedipus Rex Year: 1967 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Cast: Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Franco Citti, Carmelo Bene Synopsis: A jealous father in pre-war era Italy abandons his baby son in the desert. After shifting to an undisclosed ancient time,...
Title: Pigsty (aka Porcile) Year: 1969 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Anne Wiazemsky, Marco Ferreri, Ugo Tonazzi, Pierre Clémenti, Alberto Lionello Synopsis: Porcile consists of two parallel stories. One, set in an undetermined, medieval-esque era, follows a lone...
Title: Teorema Year: 1968 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Cast: Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky, Silvana Mangano, Laura Betti Synopsis: A bourgeois Italian family is met with an enigmatic stranger (Stamp) who seduces each member then disappears. After his departure...
