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Henry and Pasolini

posted 14 years ago by PunchB
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This is the first Nanni Moretti movie I've seen, but one thing seemed to not really make sense to me. It seems clear that the sentiments communicated in the movie are Moretti's own. He's repulsed by "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer", so much so that he ridicules the critic who gave it a good review. And yet Moretti seems to revere Pasolini. Now, I haven't seen many Pasolini movies, but I've seen "Salò", which is one of his most famous ones. This doesn't add up.

[–] AsaNisiMasa_63 13 years ago

salo is really more of his 'infamous' since he died right after, making it the film that he is best remembered for. the gospel according to st. matthew, accatone, mamma roma are his more famous and brilliant works and are not vulgar, imo.

i think what moretti was trying to convey was that henry was a completely senseless and unnecessarily violent film with no aesthetic subtext, while salo is highly symbolic and a far-fetched representation of the perversity of fascist rule.