A Certain Realism: Making Use of Pasolini's Film Theory and Practice

by Maurizio Viano

Book Overview

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was arguably the most complex director of postwar Italian cinema. His films-Accattone, The Canterbury Tales, Medea, Sal -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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520078551
• ISBN13: 9780520078550
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"