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Pier Paolo Pasolini's trilogy of life.

The Decameron, transposed to Naples from Boccaccio's Florence, is a cutting takedown of the pieties surrounding religion and sex.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975 (Director, Screenwriter), Rossellini, Franco (Producer), Grimaldi, Alberto (Producer), Citti, Franco (Actor), Davoli, Ninetto (Actor), Jovanović, Jovan, 1940- (Actor), Amato, Vincenzo (Actor), Luce, Angela (Actor), Zigaina, Giuseppe, 1924-2015 (Actor), Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980 (Actor), Betti, Laura (Actor), Chaplin, Joséphine, 1949- (Actor), Webb, Alan, 1906-1982 (Actor), Pellegrini, Ines, 1954- (Actor), Bouché, Tessa (Actor), Merli, Franco, 1956- (Actor), Clementi, Margareth (Actor), Ferretti, Dante, 1943- (Artistic director), Morricone, Ennio (Composer, composer (expression),), Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Other title:	Italian title on container: Trilogia della vita. Trilogy of life. Pasolini's trilogy of life. Decameron (Motion picture) Racconti di Canterbury (Motion picture) Racconti di Canterbury (Motion picture). English. Fiore delle mille e una notte (Motion picture) Motion picture adaptation of (work): Arabian nights. Selections. Lost body of Alibech. Pasolini and the secret humiliation of Chaucer. Via Pasolini. Pasolini and the form of the city.
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian English
Published:	[United States] : Criterion Collection, 2012.
Edition:	Four-DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 631. Criterion collection ; 632. Criterion collection ; 633. Criterion collection ; 634.
Subjects:	Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > Film adaptations. Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Film adaptations. Italian fiction > To 1400 > Film adaptations. Films for hard of hearing people. Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375. Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. Action and adventure films. Comedy films. Erotic films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Sex comedy films. Anthology films. Fantasy films.

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Summary:	The Decameron, transposed to Naples from Boccaccio's Florence, is a cutting takedown of the pieties surrounding religion and sex. The Arabian nights follows the adventures of a slave girl as she rises to power over a great city. Around her revolve the stories of magic and lust, mystery and fantasy that derive from three cultures (Persia, Egypt and India) and range from the ninth century to the Renaissance. In the Canterbury tales, Pasolini's startling candor and ribald humor illuminate these classic tales of romance, deception, murder and lust.
Item Description:	Title from container. Decameron: Based on "The decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio. Canterbury tales: Based on "The Canterbury tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. Arabian nights: Based on a selection of stories from "The thousand and one nights." Decameron: Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Canterbury tales: Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Arabian nights: Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Accompanying booklet includes cast lists and credits for the three feature films and several essays by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Colin MacCabe. Supplements disc includes interviews with art director Dante Ferretti and composer Ennio Morricone, the 2005 documentary Via Pasolini (27 min.) and the 1974 documentary Pasolini and the form of the city (16 min) Special features on The decameron disc: On "The Decameron" visual essay by Patrick Rumble and the 2005 documentary The lost body of Alibech (45 min.) Special features on The Canterbury tales disc: interview with film scholar Sam Rohdie; and the 2006 documentary Pasolini and the secret humiliation of Chaucer (47 min.) Special features on the Arabian nights disc one: On "Arabian nights" visual essay by Tony Rayns and deleted scenes. Special features on the Arabian nights disc two: Via Pasolini (2005) (27 min.) documentary with Pasolini; Pasolini and the form of the city (1974) (16 min.) documentary by Pasolini and Paolo Brunatto about the Italian cities Orte and Sabaudia.
Physical Description:	4 DVDs (352 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm)
Format:	DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Audience:	Decameron: Rating: R. Canterbury tales: Rating: NC-17. Arabian nights: Rating: NC-17.
Production Credits:	Produced by Franco Rossellini (Decameron), Alberto Grimaldi (Canterbury tales, Arabian nights) ; written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini ; designed by Dante Ferretti ; music by Ennio Morricone ; editing, Nino Baragli, Tatiana Casini Morigi (Decameron, Arabian nights) ; director of photography, Tonino Delli Colli (Decameron, Canterbury tales), Giuseppe Ruzzolini (Arabian nights)
ISBN:	9781604656473 1604656476 9781604656480 1604656484 9781604656497 1604656492 9781604656503 1604656506 9786314862152 6314862159
Access:	Educational and home use only.
Participant or Performer:	Decameron: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanović, M. Gabriella Frankel, Gerhard Exel, Wolfgang Hillinger. Canterbury tales: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Josephine Chaplin, Alan Webb. Arabian nights: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Ines Pellegrini, Tessa Bouche, Franco Merli, Margaret Clementi.
Language:	Decameron: Italian dialogue, with optional English subtitles. Canterbury tales: Italian or English dubbed dialogue; with optional English subtitles. Arabian nights: Italian dialogue, with optional English subtitles.