Revisiting a Cinematic Smackdown, and Other Avant-Garde Pleasures
di Manohla Dargis The New York Times
In 1962 the Italian poet, novelist and cinema immortal Pier Paolo Pasolini talked for the first time about a movie he was about to begin, a work he called an “essay in film journalism,” titled “La Rabbia” (“Rage”).
It was a curious, unlikely project for Pasolini. It had been commissioned by a producer, Gastone Ferranti, who, according to the Italian scholar Roberto Chiesi, was in the market for an exploitation flick along the lucrative lines of “Mondo Cane,” a 1962 Italian feature compilation of found footage and cheap shocks that resulted in untold imitations. [...]
di Manohla Dargis, articolo completo (4545 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 2 Ottobre 2009