Trilogy of life
(DVD)

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Published
New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2012.
Format
DVD
Edition
Special ed., anamorphic widescreen.
ISBN
9786314862152, 6314862159
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (352 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2012.
Edition
Special ed., anamorphic widescreen.
Language
ita
ISBN
9786314862152, 6314862159
UPC
715515100311, 715515100311

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General Note
"The decameron" based on the novel by G. Boccaccio ; "The Canterbury tales" based on the short stories by G. Chaucer.
General Note
Originally released as individual motion pictures in 1971-1972, 1974.
General Note
Features: visual essays by film scholars Patrick Rumble and Tony Rayns on The decameron and Arabian nights; new interviews with art director Dante Ferretti and composer Ennio Morricone about their work with Pasolini and with film scholar Sam Rohdie on TheCanterbury tales; The lost body of Alibech (2005) documentary by Roberto Chiesi; The secret humiliation of Chaucer (2006) documentary by Chiesi; Via Pasolini documentary; Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Form of the city (1974) documentary by Pasolini and Paolo Burnatto; deleted scenes from Arabian nights, with transcriptions of pages from the original script; trailers; booklet featuring essays by critic Colin MacCabe; Pasolini's 1975 article "Trilogy of life rejected;" excerpts from Pasolini's Berlin Film Festival press conference for The Canterbury tales; a report from the set of Arabian nights by critic Gideon Bachmann.
Participants/Performers
The decameron: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic ; The Canterbury tales: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli ; Arabian nights: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli.
Description
Eight tales from plague-ridden 14th century Naples with an erotic bent; eight tales that introduce an incorrupt world where people seek love and sex and disobey restrictions imposed by religious and bourgeois morality; a series of erotic and mysterious tales focusing on an innocent young man who falls in love with a slave who has selected him as her master.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVDs, mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
For private home use only.
Language
In Italian with English subtitles.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Pasolini, P. P., Citti, F., Griffith, H., Davoli, N., Boccaccio, G., & Chaucer, G. (2012). Trilogy of life (Special ed., anamorphic widescreen.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pier Paolo Pasolini et al.. 2012. Trilogy of Life. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pier Paolo Pasolini et al.. Trilogy of Life Criterion Collection, 2012.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Pasolini, Pier Paolo, et al. Trilogy of Life Special ed., anamorphic widescreen., Criterion Collection, 2012.

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