Review of Pigsty (1969) by Kat L — 08 Jan 2009
Transgressive and intellectual with a violent poetry. Two narrative strands which are irrelevant to each other except for the common depravity. One, in a brutal past set in a beautifully barren landscape, a cannibal who even killed his own father to enjoy the human flesh.
Two, the son of a Nazi industrialist who frequents the pigsties to rape the pigs, and strongly Marxist as Pasolini can. The film is very roughly edited, yet the duration spent away from the other narrative strand creates a suspenseful curiosity to return to the other story.
An interestingly imperfect film to sink me into the depths, and sometimes soar with the futile on-screen intellectual exchanges.
This review of Pigsty (1969) was written by Kat L on 08 Jan 2009.
Pigsty has generally received positive reviews.
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