Review of Medea (1969) by Stefanie C — 05 Jan 2012

This film is brilliantly set and cast. Pasolini, almost wordlessly, distinguishes between the ancient and mythical world and modern and rational realm. Medea is completely associated with the elemental, while by birthright, Jason seems to be a bridge between the two worlds. Jason's denial of Medea severs the relationship to the past, never to be recaptured.

This return to myth is a parabolic commentary on the then current state of Italian culture; by embracing American consumerism, values and the spiritual are negated - connection to the past is severed, forever unknown by modern man. We are the damned!