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Pasolini

A kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.

2014 · 1h 27m Drama, History
Directed by Abel Ferrara

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We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo. Over the course of the action, Pasolini’s life and his art (represented by scenes from his films, his novel-in-progress Petrolio, and his projected film Porno-Teo-Kolossal) are constantly refracted and intermingled to the point where they become one.

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Fresh

A flawed film of unvarnished integrity.

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club
Rotten

The result borders on incoherence, providing few startling insights for aficionados and minimal illumination for the uninitiated.

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten

Presumably, to understand Pasolini is to excavate him from the twisted miasma Ferrara has created in his image.

Peter Debruge, Variety

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