The Trilogy of Life

Description

In the early 1970s, the great Italian poet, philosopher and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom) brought to the screen a trio of masterpieces of premodern world literature - Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron, Geoffrey Chaucer's

In the early 1970s, the great Italian poet, philosopher and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom) brought to the screen a trio of masterpieces of premodern world literature - Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and The Thousand and One Nights (often known as The Arabian Nights) - and in doing so created his most uninhibited and extravagant work, which he titles his Trilogy of Life. In this brazen and bawdy triptych, the director set out to challenge consumer capitalism and celebrate the uncorrupted human body while commenting on contemporary sexual and religious mores and hypocrisies. His scatological humour and rough-hewn sensuality leave all modern standards of decency behind; these are physical, provocative, and wildly entertaining films, all extraordinarily designed by Dante Ferretti (Hugo) and featuring evocative music by Ennio Morricone.Special features:Presented in High DefinitionIncludes both Italian-language and English-language versions of all three filmsNotes for an African Oresteia (1970, 73 mins): Pasolini s visual notes for an unrealised film projectPasolini and the Italian Genre Film (2009, 37 mins)Deleted scenes (1974, 21 mins): deleted scenes from Pasolini's Arabian NightsOriginal trailers for all three filmsFully illustrated booklet with essays, reviews and biographiesOther extras TBC

Product details

Barcode / identifier

5035673013588

Brand

BFI

Manufacturer part number

BFIB1358

Category

Blu-ray

Category path

Entertainment > DVD and Blu-Ray > Blu-ray