Review of Accattone (1961) by Shelly — 12 Mar 2010
As is always the case with Pasolini, Accattone is infinitely layered. As a viewer, you take this piece tenderly into your mind and try to unravel it, knowing it was built passionately by a greater mind than yours, and the art itself pushes you in a thousand different directions at once; emotionally, intellectually, psychologically.
Pasolini effectively draws and quarters his audience with the sheer scope, depth, and intricacies (and occasionally contradictions) of his art. As a passionate lover of cinema and filmmaking-hopeful myself, Pasolini personifies my endless sorrow at the rapid degradation of the young art that is cinema.
I curse the world that films like these are no longer allowed to exist.
This review of Accattone (1961) was written by Shelly on 12 Mar 2010.
Accattone has generally received very positive reviews.
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