A certain realism : making use of Pasolini's film theory and practice / Maurizio Viano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viano, Maurizio Sanzio, 1950-

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975--Criticism and interpretation.

Pasolini, Pier Paolo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 368 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1993.

Summary:

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was arguably the most complex director of postwar Italian cinema. His films-Accattone, The Canterbury Tales, Medea, Saló-continue to challenge and entertain new generations of moviegoers. A leftist, a homosexual, and a distinguished writer of fiction, poetry, and criticism, Pasolini once claimed that "a certain realism" informed his filmmaking.Masterfully combining analyses of Pasolini's literary and theoretical writings and of all his films, Maurizio Viano offers the first thorough study of Pasolini's cinematic realism, in theory and in practice. He finds that Pasolini's cinematic career exemplifies an "expressionistic realism" that acknowledges its subjective foundation instead of striving for an impossible objectivity.Focusing on the personal and expressionistic dimensions of Pasolini's cinema, Viano also argues that homosexuality is present in the films in ways that critics have thus far failed to acknowledge. Sure to generate controversy among film scholars, Italianists, and fans of the director's work, this accessible film-by-film treatment is an ideal companion for anyone watching Pasolini's films on video.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Authorial Intertext

2. Extravagantly Interdisciplinary

3. An Explosion of My Love for Reality

4. Accattone

5. Mamma Roma

6. La ricotta

7. La rabbia

8. Comizi d'amore

9. Sopraluoghi in Palestina

10. Il Vangelo secondo Matteo

11. Uccellacci uccellini

12. La terra vista dalla luna and Che cosa sono le nuvole?

13. Edipo re

14. La sequenza del flore di carta

15. Appunti per un film sull'India

16. Teorema

17. Porcile

18. Medea

19. Appunti per un'Orestiade Africana

20. Le mura di Sana'a

21. La trilogia della vita

22. Salo o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

Coda

Notes

Bibliography

Filmography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-520-91261-6

0-585-29949-8

OCLC:

1419789649

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07989 hdl