THE TRILOGY OF LIFE MOVIES

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong>THE TRILOGY OF LIFE MOVIES</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>THE DECAMERON - THE CANTERBURY TALES - THE ARABIAN NIGHTS</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>PIER PAOLO PASOLINI</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>POCKET MOVIE GUIDE</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>By Jeremy Mark Robinson</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>A new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini's 'trilogy of life' movies (also known as the 'trilogia di vita'/ 'mediaeval trilogy'): The Decameron (Il Decamerone 1971) The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury 1972) and The Arabian Nights (Il Fiore Delle Mille e Una Notte 1974). The 'trilogy of life' movies were adaptations of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340-1400) and the 1001 Nights (15th century). </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Pier Paolo Pasolini's other works in cinema include The Gospel According To Matthew one of the great films about Jesus adaptations of ancient world plays (Medea and Oedipus Rex) and poetic portraits of contemporary Roman life (Accattone Mamma Roma and The Hawks and the Sparrows). </p><p class=ql-align-justify>The book includes a biography of Pier Paolo Pasolini an exploration of aspects of his cinema and topics related to Pasolini's life and interests such as religion poetry homosexuality his colleagues Marxist politics modern Italy and the Third World. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Pier Paolo Pasolini was born on March 5 1922 in Bologna Italy. He died on November 2 1975 in Ostia Rome (he was buried in Casarca in his beloved Friuli). </p><p class=ql-align-justify>When he was a film director Pier Paolo Pasolini was certainly an intimidating presence with a formidable reputation - like Cecil B. DeMille D.W. Griffith or Jean-Luc Godard. Very confident very smart a great talker and interviewee a leader on set with no doubts from anyone about who was the primary creator and author. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>The appendices include quotes by Pasolini; a chapter on Satyricon (Federico Fellini 1969); two films directed by Sergio Citti Pasolini's frequent collaborator; and on Renaissance artists. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Fully illustrated. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Bibliography appendices filmography and notes. 324 pages. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Hardcover with a colour laminated cover. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Adults only. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>www.crmoon.com</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p>