Review of Arabian Nights (1974) by Christopher S — 23 Dec 2010

I'm going to have to admit that I just didn't understand this movie. With a production this ambitious, it's difficult to dismiss the awkwardness of the storytelling and stilted performances as shoddy filmmaking, but whatever Pasolini was going for, it was lost on me.

Interesting to no end - especially in Pasolini's decision to depict mythical folklore through almost documentary-like realism and true-life settings - but I can't say that I found out satisfyingly compelling as a film.