Arco Film
1) Mamma roma
Series
Criterion collection volume 236
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[c2004]
Language
Italiano
Description
A middle-aged prostitute attempts to extricte herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. Mamma Roma offers an unflinching look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy.
2) Accattone
Publisher
Waterbearer Films
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Italiano
Description
This first of Pasolini's films presents a vivid picture of the slums of Rome through a story of a pimp, his friends, his enemies and his girls.
3) Oedipus Rex
Publisher
Water Bearer Films
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Italiano
Description
"A dark and riveting retelling of the classic Greek tragedy, 'Oedipus Rex'. Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar"--Container.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In a historic manor, Scott Yoo makes a landmark recording, centered around Beethoven's famous Ghost Trio. This summons Beethoven's ghost, who's spent the afterlife analyzing his output ... trailed by the ghost of Sigmund Freud, who's come to analyze him. Based on the most current research, this witty, ingenious mix of ghost story and documentary reveals the composer as you've never known him before."-- Back of container.
8) Pasolini 101
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Italiano
Description
Accattone: A graphic slice of Italian street life, this documentary-styled drama recounts a pimp's efforts to leave his past life behind him when he falls in love with a young woman.
Mamma Roma: Having renounced her ignominious past, a former streetwalker reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme endangers her aspirations for a decent bourgeois life.
Love meetings: Director Pasolini traverses Italy in 1963 with camera and microphone interviewing...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Celebrated violinist and conductor Scott Yoo crosses the country, exploring the diversity of American musicians, cultures and landscapes to discover how regional and ethnic music has inspired America's greatest composers: Amy Beach, Florence Price, Aaron Copland and two of today's masters, Sergio Assad and Reena Esmail.
Publisher
Waterbearer Films
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Italiano
Description
"The birth, life, teachings and death on the cross of Jesus Christ presented almost as a cinema-verité documentary. Pasolini's second feature ... is an attempt to take Christ out of the opulent church and present him as an outcast Italian peasant"--Container.
