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In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his... Read allIn the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
Tony Laudadio
- L'avvocato
- (as Toni Laudadio)
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This film has deeply impressed me. I have never been so sad after seeing a movie. I had tears in my eyes after the last scene and a strong sense of hardship. David Grieco, many thanks for the courage. The actors are all very good, especially the protagonist. I understood many things, and I knew better the story of Pasolini. Incredible how important is this intellectual, this man who cared about understanding his time. I think we have a great opportunity to understand our time too through this film. The scene that struck me mostly is the one in which Pasolini releases an interview with a French journalist. I also appreciate the next one, in which Pasolini has the vision of our digital age, I think that both scenes are very representative of our condition.
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I was skeptical when I heard about the new film on Pasolini's death. I do not like the word "conspiracy", I have always been cautious about. But when I saw the David Grieco's film I have been upset by the honest reconstruction of the murder of Pasolini and I understand that it is normal to be wary when you are in front of a submerged truth, you feel insecure. I believe that David Grieco has done a great movie, we deserve a Cinema that can make us aware. The mud machine that tried to destroy Pasolini is terrible. This film shows it without any rhetoric, everyone can understand the film and what it brings out, even young people. I think guys have just to see it, indeed. Also it is an elegant film. You will remain very touched by the sweetness of Massimo Ranieri and Milena Vukotić. Excellent Roberto Citran and Libero De Rienzo too. Brilliant idea the use of Pink Floid's music for the soundtrack, you'll really know what were those years. The special effects are a punch: the final sequence is truly visionary. After watching David Grieco's film I need to watch again all of Pasolini's works. Now I want to know the truth about his murder and I am sure that the great Cinema never leaves us alone.
In my opinion this film is very interesting in order to understand the 70's Italian decade and to understand Pasolini's murderer. I think that this film is well played: I appreciate the work of every actor. Matteo Taranto and his quotation of Gian Maria Volonté impressed me a lot: I think that the remind to the film "Indagine di un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto" is precious. It's great that the director makes you observe the situation and then make you understand that you have all the elements to put together the potential truth. Some scenes are very touching and sensitive and are well constructed, especially the final sequence. Great film, highly recommended!
David Grieco piece together the documents and some important investigations about the murder of Pasolini with a coherent internal logic. The work is a masterpiece, beyond the high ethical value. Sets and costumes are great, Massimo Ranieri who plays Pasolini is extraordinary, touching and intense, poetic and strong. Excellent all the cast members. The music of Pink Floid make the film simply visionary and concrete. Pasolini used to say: "Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous." Through this film you will understand that an intellectual, a poet never dies.
I usually talk about Pasolini with my students as a teacher and when I've known David Grieco and his movie "La Macchinazione" I immediately bought his book edit by Rizzoli and invited my students to watch the film. So we had passionate discussions about Pasolini's death: the film gave us a valid interpretative perspective supported both by meticulous documentary research and by sources of direct information. Many thanks from us to David Grieco: his well structured film has a high formal and expressive level. It helps to reflect on a complex and delicate matter and it makes us more aware about the facts of which Pasolini was the protagonist and victim.
Did you know
- TriviaWhen meeting Massimo Ranieri for a football match Pier Paolo Pasolini was astounded at their resemblance.
- ConnectionsReferences Enquête sur un citoyen au-dessus de tout soupçon (1970)
- SoundtracksAtom Heart Mother Suite
Written by Roger Waters, Richard Wright (as Rick Wright), Nick Mason (as Nicholas Mason) and David Gilmour and Ron Geesin
Performed by Pink Floyd
Courtesy of Warner Music
Details
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $105,072
- Runtime
- 1h 40m(100 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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