Review of Pasolini (2014) by Augustine H — 08 Mar 2016
In an ideal world Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe would have won more plaudits for there take on the final days of controversial film director Pier Paolo Pasolini.
As its stands this is one of Ferraras very best works following Dafoe as Pasolini finishing his most controversial work Salo and trying to get his next feature off the ground.
Ferrara takes elements of the uncompleted script and commits them to film while also showing Pasolinis final hours befoe he is brutally murdered.
Dafoe is outstanding as Pasolini a figure who was celebrated and hated in equal measure.
He looks uncannily like the great director and its a performance which should be more widely seen.
The film includes performances from actors who appeared in Paslolinis work and its no surprise that Ferrara feels a genuine kinship for his idol as they are both renegade filmmakers.
This review of Pasolini (2014) was written by Augustine H on 08 Mar 2016.
Pasolini has generally received mixed reviews.
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