Search: Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Accatone (1961)
A pimp living in the slums of Rome attempts to go straight. Out to own as part of Pier Paolo Pasolini Volume One box set.
The Canterbury Tales (1972)

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'By concentrating on the bawdier Tales and disregarding their sequence, the director's interpretation obscures the way in which tales would engage in a dialogue with one another somewhat'

Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5

Bawdy retelling of the medieval Chaucerian stories.
The Decameron (1971)

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A film that is only good because everyone else says it is.

Gator MacReady · 1 out of 5

Ten different stories of 14th century Italy loosely interwoven.
Hawks And Sparrows (1966)

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<ore than any other of Pasolini's films, it feels personal.

Ben Sillis · 4 out of 5

A road trip taking a serious look at Italy’s socio-economic plight. Out to own as part of Pier Paolo Pasolini Volume 2 box set.
Love Meetings (1964)

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It is a mistake to simply sum the film up as simply a dated portrayal of quaint early Sixties ignorance.

Themroc · 4 out of 5

A survey of attitudes to sex and sexuality undertaken by Pasolini in 1963. Out to own as part of the Pier Pasolini Vol 1 box set.
Oedipus Rex (1967)

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If Oedipus Rex is a challenging film for those used to more conventional aesthetic approaches this is thus with good reason and, in many respects, the entire point.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5

Pasolini's reworking of the tale of Oedipus. Out to own as part of the Pier Paolo Pasolini Volume 2 box set.
Pier Paolo Pasolini Volume Two (2007)

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Celebrate the release.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5

Collection of films by the Italian director, including Pigsty, Oedipus Rex and Hawks And Sparrows.
Pigsty (1969)

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It was the last of Pasolini’s movies to be released in the USA, is certainly his worst film and it is probably one of his most disgusting.

Caro Ness · 2 out of 5

The story of a cannibal juxtaposed with the tale of two former Nazis turned businessmen. Out to own as part of the Pier Paolo Pasolini Volume 2 box set.
RoGoPaG (1962)

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There’s no denying that the film’s polemical message is still relevant today, but it’s an old argument, didactically constructed.

Themroc · 3 out of 5

Portmanteau film in which four directors “limit themselves to recounting the joyous beginning of the end of the world”. Out to own as part of Pier Pasolini Volume One box set.