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Subject: ON SCREEN: Pasolini: An Italian Crime From: eye5@interlog.com (eye WEEKLY) Date: 1996/06/05 Message-ID: <4p5e92$hdt@gold.interlog.com> Newsgroups: eye.news,rec.arts.movies.reviews [More Headers] [Subscribe to eye.news] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ eye WEEKLY June 6, 1996 Toronto's arts newspaper .....free every Thursday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ON SCREEN ON SCREEN PASOLINI: AN ITALIAN CRIME Starring Carlo De Filippi, Nicoletta Braschi and Tony Bertorelli. Screenplay by Marco Tullio Giordana, Stefano Rulli and Sandro Petraglia. Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. Italian with subtitles. (AA) Opens June 7. (eee of 5 eyes) by KATHE GRAY Pier Paolo Pasolini is renowned for the contributions he made to the world of cinema. I know this from a film course I took in university. Not that I got to see any Pasolini in class -- his material was considered too explicit, too graphic, too sexually liberated, for a bunch of sophomores. Instead, we watched The Bicycle Thief. Fast forward a few years and I still haven't seen any Pasolini. I have, however, watched a lot of Law And Order and that's mostly what Pasolini: An Italian Crime reminded me of: an Italian L&O with actors dressed in that evil polyester garb people so liked in the '70s. Other than the clothes, this is not a bad thing. I like L&O, I like seeing how the twin institutions of law and justice work in concert, I like how sometimes the bad guys win. Not that Pasolini is simply the story of good guys and bad guys. It is, after all, about a great man's death. Pasolini was an outspoken leftist ideologue, an artist with a flair for the sensational, and an openly gay man. He died as he lived, controversially and in the public eye. When his body was found savagely beaten and murdered by street hustlers, his death was dismissed by some as "one of those faggot things," and mourned by others as "a crime against culture." While Pino Pelosi (played by Carlo De Filippi) was sentenced for Pasolini's murder, some speculated that the death was a hit orchestrated by fascists who feared his popularity and intellect. Botched crime scene protocol, delayed witness interviews and an incomplete autopsy lend credence to the theory. But we'll never know for sure: like the best of L&O, Pasolini ends with fewer answers than questions. Visually straight ahead, Pasolini: An Italian Crime lacks the artistry that I've read characterized Pasolini's films. However, there are moments where grainy footage of the real Pasolini, of the 1975 crime scene, of squatters and hustlers, are intercut in Jarman-esque montages -- the strangely moving poetry of death. In conjunction with the release of the film, an exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of Pasolini's death, entitled "From the Fields of Friuli to the Canadian Universities," which features original manuscripts, first editions, artwork and archival material, runs to June 14 at the Robarts Library (130 St. George St.). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Retransmit freely in cyberspace Author holds standard copyright http://www.eye.net Mailing list available collected reviews --------------------> http://www.eye.net/Arts/Movies eye@eye.net "...Break the Gutenberg Lock..." 416-971-8421
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