Trilogy of Life [Criterion Collection] [3 Discs] [Blu-ray]

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Overview

This box set compiles three Pier Paolo Pasolini films from the early 1970s, that challenged audiences to question a variety of cultural attitudes and religious traditions. Included are his adaptations of The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, and Arabian Nights.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/13/2012
UPC:	0715515099912
Original Release:	2012
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen, Color]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	5:52:00
Sales rank:	9,482

Special Features

New digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks; New visual essays by film scholars Patrick Rumble and Tony Rayns on The Decameron and Arabian Nights, respectively; New interviews with production designer Dante Ferretti, composer Ennio Morricone, and film scholar Sam Rohdie; Introduction to Arabian Nights by director Pier Paolo Pasolini; The Lost Body of Alibech (2005), a documentary by Robert Chiese about a lost sequence from The Decameron; Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer (2006), a documentary by Chiesi about The Canterbury Tales; Via Pasolini (2005), a documentary featuring archival footage of Pasolini discussing his views on language, film and modern society; Pasolini and the Form of the City (1974), a documentary by Pasolini and Paolo Brunatto about the Italian cities of Orte and Sabaudia; Deleted scenes from Arabian Nights; Pasolini-approved English-dubbed track for The Canterbury Tales; Trailers; New english subtitle translations; Plus: a booklet featuring essays by critic Colin MacCabe; Pasolini's 1975 statement "Trilogy of Life Rejected"; excerpts from Pasolini's Berlin Film Festival press conference for The Canterbury Tales; and a report fron the set of Arabian Nights by critic Gideon Bachmann