Take the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, add a dash of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and a lot more rum. Shake well and you'll have something resembling Dead Man's Chest, a bombastic sequel that's enjoyable as long as you don't think too hard about it. The film opens with the interrupted wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), both of whom are arrested for aiding in the escape of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in the first film. Their freedom can only be obtained by getting Captain Jack's compass, which is linked to a key that's linked to a chest belonging to Davy Jones, an undead pirate with a tentacle face and in possession of a lot of people's souls. If you're already confused, don't worry--plot is definitely not the... Learn More
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"I realize now that I've never had any real interest in anything. I don't mean some special interest. Not even ordinary (piccoli e naturali) interests, like my husband's in his work, or my sun's in his studies, or Odetta's domestic cult (culto familiare). I had no interests. I don't know how I could lead such an empty life, but I did. I there was anything... some instinctive love of life it dried up like a garden where nobody goes (come un giardino dove non passa nessuno). That emptiness was filled with false, mean values (falsi e mischini valori) with an awful lot of wrong ideas (idee sbagliate). Now I realize it, you've filled my life with a total interest. So in parting, you're not destroying anything I had before, except perhaps my reputation for... More Info About This DVD Director(s): Pier Paolo Pasolini DVD Release Date: Released the 04 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Combining the immediacy of Italian neorealism with potent criticism of post-war Italian society, Mamma Roma is one of Pier Paolo Pasolini's most accessible and satisfying films. This was only his second feature, but Pasolini (who was mysteriously murdered in 1975) was already demonstrating a powerful affinity for cinema as a forum for his anti-Fascist ideology. To express his outrage at the spiritual vacancy of vulgar consumerism, Pasolini cast the great Anna Magnani in the title role, a former prostitute struggling to transcend her sordid past in a desperate attempt to give her estranged teenage son the better life she never had. In Pasolini's worldview, Mamma's petit bourgeois idealism can only be doomed, and the film assumes the melodramatic thrust of tragic opera. Like... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Anna Magnani - Ettore Garofolo - Franco Citti - Silvana Corsini Director(s): Pier Paolo Pasolini DVD Release Date: Released the 22 June 2004 Usually ships within 24 hours
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The only movie made by Maria Callas, Medea nevertheless contains not a note of the great diva singing. And yet her presence is stunning, with a face (often seen in close-up) that cuts across the frame like a great phenomenon of nature. This raw, mostly wordless take on the Greek classic is a characteristic film from the influential Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini: intellectually sophisticated yet almost primitive in its feel. The weird, jagged locations and Pasolini's elliptical style contribute to the sense of violence already in the story, and the visual approach (realized by Gangs of New York production designer Dante Ferretti) brings in African masks and pagan rituals. If it's not quite satisfying as a treatment of the original Euripides play, it succeeds as a... More Info About This DVD Director(s): Pier Paolo Pasolini DVD Release Date: Released the 27 April 2004 Special Order
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Released in 1964, The Gospel According to St. Matthew marks an important shift away from the gritty urban realism of Pasolini's earlier films towards the visionary imagery of his later work. A committed but far from conformist Marxist, Pasolini took a powerful and immediate approach, with no false piety or sentimentality. Employing a cast drawn largely from the peasantry of Southern Italy, where the film was shot, the action has the feel of a mystery play reenacted for the camera. Enrique Irazoqui's Christ is part folk hero, part political agitator, but always pursuing his destiny with unswerving conviction. The disciples make for vivid contrasts in facial expression, while Susanna Pasolini (mother of) is unforgettable as Mary, distraught at the Crucifixion. The recourse to... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Enrique Irazoqui - Margherita Caruso - Susanna Pasolini Director(s): Pier Paolo Pasolini DVD Release Date: Released the 22 July 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The other reviews have covered the film sufficiently, so I'll just focus on this new DVD edition (although I will say that it seemed to be a bit of a re-hash of "Nights of Cabiria" without any of the pathos).
Actually, calling it "new" is a bit of a misnomer, as it appears to be a transfer from an old videotape. This is strongly evident near the end of the film where there are two instances of scrolling video distortion.
I really wanted to like this disc. The transfer itself is actually fairly clear (although slightly muted and/or washed-out) and mostly free of specks and dirt (except at the end of each reel). Unfortunately, as with the previous three Waterbearer Pasolini DVD's, this one suffers from no chapter stops and burned-in (non-optional), frequently-unreadable subtitles. At... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Franco Citti Director(s): Pier Paolo Pasolini DVD Release Date: Released the 22 July 2003 Usually ships within 2 to 3 days
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