Pigsty (1969)
(Porcile)
Country: IT/FR
Technical: Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli
Synopsis:
Two stories play out in tandem, apparently unrelated: in a distant past on the slopes of a volcano, a man turns to cannibalism and attracts a band of followers, until the authorities catch them and stake them to the ground for the wolves to feed off; in the present, the son of a rich German industrialist neither denounces nor accepts his birthright, and spurns a lovematch in favour of the pigsty of a nearby farm.
Review:
A travesty of Communism versus Fascism? The Hitler makeup and Nazi-sounding names of the modern section would seem to point in that direction, and it is easy to see an allegory of communism in the radical antics of the cannibals, who lop off heads (anti-capitalists?) and prey off conventional society. Stylistically the film is an uncomfortable mishmash, with elegant tripod shots alternating with poorly composed handheld, and the dialogue-free older segment contrasting with the verbose modern one. It certainly has to be accounted one of Pasolini's odder, and more pretentious works.
(Porcile)
Country: IT/FR
Technical: Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli
Synopsis:
Two stories play out in tandem, apparently unrelated: in a distant past on the slopes of a volcano, a man turns to cannibalism and attracts a band of followers, until the authorities catch them and stake them to the ground for the wolves to feed off; in the present, the son of a rich German industrialist neither denounces nor accepts his birthright, and spurns a lovematch in favour of the pigsty of a nearby farm.
Review:
A travesty of Communism versus Fascism? The Hitler makeup and Nazi-sounding names of the modern section would seem to point in that direction, and it is easy to see an allegory of communism in the radical antics of the cannibals, who lop off heads (anti-capitalists?) and prey off conventional society. Stylistically the film is an uncomfortable mishmash, with elegant tripod shots alternating with poorly composed handheld, and the dialogue-free older segment contrasting with the verbose modern one. It certainly has to be accounted one of Pasolini's odder, and more pretentious works.
(Porcile)
Country: IT/FR
Technical: Eastmancolor 99m
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli
Synopsis:
Two stories play out in tandem, apparently unrelated: in a distant past on the slopes of a volcano, a man turns to cannibalism and attracts a band of followers, until the authorities catch them and stake them to the ground for the wolves to feed off; in the present, the son of a rich German industrialist neither denounces nor accepts his birthright, and spurns a lovematch in favour of the pigsty of a nearby farm.
Review:
A travesty of Communism versus Fascism? The Hitler makeup and Nazi-sounding names of the modern section would seem to point in that direction, and it is easy to see an allegory of communism in the radical antics of the cannibals, who lop off heads (anti-capitalists?) and prey off conventional society. Stylistically the film is an uncomfortable mishmash, with elegant tripod shots alternating with poorly composed handheld, and the dialogue-free older segment contrasting with the verbose modern one. It certainly has to be accounted one of Pasolini's odder, and more pretentious works.