03-06-2022, 11:00 AM
My favorite Tarkovsky film is Stalker, but that's a very different film from Andrei Rublev. AR is really unique among his work, though I think Ivan's Childhood is somewhat similar, only set during WWII. But yes, he's a poet of film.
I was interested to hear you mention Pasolini's Salo in the same breath as Gospel of St Matthew, which I have not seen and will now seek out (St Matthew that is).
Salo is impossible to find except I suppose as a rental DVD these days. Not sure why. I would like to see it again. I actually found it a bit tedious first time around.
If you could bear it, a triple feature about Mussolini's Italy would be The Conformist (Bertolucci), 1900 (also Bertolucci), and Salo.
I was interested to hear you mention Pasolini's Salo in the same breath as Gospel of St Matthew, which I have not seen and will now seek out (St Matthew that is).
Salo is impossible to find except I suppose as a rental DVD these days. Not sure why. I would like to see it again. I actually found it a bit tedious first time around.
If you could bear it, a triple feature about Mussolini's Italy would be The Conformist (Bertolucci), 1900 (also Bertolucci), and Salo.