A sampling of the three periods of Italian film master Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975),
provocative and audacious thinker, acclaimed essayist and beloved poet.
On the heels of a major retrospective at MoMA in New York, and at UCLA and the American Cinemateque in Los Angeles, Luce Cinecittà and Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini/Cineteca di Bologna, in association with Colpa Cinema and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, present Pasolini, a sampling of the three periods of Italian film master Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975) from September 14th through September 15th at the Castro Theatre and the Roxie Theater.
The exhibition is part of a larger national tour of 22 Pasolini films, on newly-made 35mm prints. From the Bay Area, the series will screen in special programs across America. TickTickets are $12 each and are available through the Castro Theatre (429 Castro St., San Francisco) and Roxie Theater (3117 16th St., San Francisco) box offices and websites. You can also buy tickets in the individual links listed on this site next to the film descriptions.
“It is only at our moment of death that our life, to that point undecipherable, ambiguous and suspended, acquires a meaning”. (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968).
The Films at CASTRO THEATER
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MEDEA
Saturday, September 14 – 6:30 PM
Opening Night Film
Introduced by Ninetto Davoli, leading actor in many of Pasolini’s films; followed by a party in the mezzanine. In collaboration with the Consulate General of Greece.
1969. Italy. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Maria Callas, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile, Massimo Girotti.
6:30 pm – FILM $12 – 8:30-9:30 ; PARTY $15 -(in the mezzanine of the Castro) – catered by C’era Una Volta Restaurant.
MAMMA ROMA
Saturday, September 14 – 4:00 PM
Introduced by Barth David Schwartz, author of Pasolini Requiem.
1962. Italy. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti.
IL DECAMERON (THE DECAMERON)
Saturday, September 14 – 9:30 pm
Introduced by Ninetto Davoli
1971. Italy. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Silvana Mangano.
Films at ROXIE THEATER
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IL FIORE DELLE MILLE E UNA NOTTE (ARABIAN NIGHTS)
Sunday, September 15 – 4:30 pm
Q&A with Ninetto Davoli and Barth David Schwartz.
1973–74. Italy. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Franco Merli, Ines Pellegrini, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti.
I RACCONTI DI CANTERBURY (THE CANTERBURY TALES)
Sunday, September 15 – 7:15 pm
Introduced by Ninetto Davoli.
1972. Italy. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Pier Paolo Pasolini, Hugh Griffith, Josephine Chaplin, Ninetto Davoli Laura Betti.
SALÓ O LE 120 GIORNATE DI SODOMA (SALO OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM)
Sunday, September 15 – 2:00 pm, 9:45 pm
9:45 pm showing introduced by Barth David Schwartz.
1975. Italy. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle.
Tuesday, September 17 – 6:30 pm
P.P.P – A Tribute to Pasolini’s Genius at The Italian Cultural Institute
For more information go to: www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/
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