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The Decameron + Fever Freaks

Il Decameron (VOSTA)
Location
Main screening room
Date
September 25th, 2022
Duration
120 min
Cycle
Dialogues with Pasolini

This year, Pier Paolo Pasolini would have been 100 years old. From his first writings in his youth to his early death in 1975, he has traced a path and a body of work - cinematographic, literary, essayistic - that has never ceased to nourish reflection, fuel debate and inspire artists and thinkers over the decades. As part of the PPP / RRR: Pier Paolo Pasolini / Riprese Reprises Retakes academic colloquium on Pasolini's contemporary legacy, scheduled to take place in Montreal and Ottawa at the end of September, we pay tribute to the filmmaker by highlighting his impact on the present. In the form of a series of double programs, this cycle proposes to put some of his major films in dialogue with those of contemporary filmmakers, in the presence of some of them, researchers or special guests.

For more information on the PPP / RRR: Pier Paolo Pasolini / Riprese Reprises Retakes conference, visit labdoc.uqam.ca

Guest in attendance : Frédéric Moffet

The Decameron
Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Language
Italian version with French subtitles
Actors
Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Origins
Italy
Year
1971
Duration
111 min
Genre
Comedy, drama, history
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Some truculent stories inspired by Bocaccio's Decameron follow one another freely while the painter Giotto decorates the walls of a church.

The Decameron
Fever Freaks
Directed by
Frédéric Moffet
Language
SD
Origins
Quebec, USA
Year
2017
Duration
9 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

A detective is hired to find the original copy of a book describing a mysterious virus. The virus causes fear, sexual frenzy and possibly death among its victims.

Fever Freaks

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini was born in Bologna in 1922, the son of a military officer and a schoolteacher. During World War II, he began teaching, but was deeply affected by the death of his brother, a partisan fighter. In 1949, Pasolini was accused of corrupting minors and had to give up teaching. He was also expelled from the Communist Party due to his homosexuality, although this didn't deter him from his Marxist beliefs. He moved to Rome, where his early writings stirred both controversy and acclaim. Pasolini then turned to cinema, initially writing scripts for others before directing his own films in the early 1960s. His filmography grew increasingly hard to categorize, blending political and mystical themes. He was a relentless critic of fascism, bourgeois conformity, consumerism, and globalization. Frequently at odds with his era, Pasolini's career was marked by trials, controversies, and censorship, culminating in 1975 with the release of his most infamous and provocative film, Salò, shortly before his mysterious assassination.

Photo : Bruno Massenet | Collections de la Cinémathèque québécoise

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Le passage de Pasolini au cinéma s’est fait par l’écrit : romancier et poète en premier lieu, il est sollicité pour ses talents de scénariste avant de réaliser ses propres films. Ce dialogue entre l’écrit et le cinéma se poursuivra tout au long de son parcours, au gré des adaptations.

In 1969, interview with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian filmmaker
Pier Paolo Pasolini Speaks
There floats on The Decameron a perfume of sensuality that could not be more invigorating, which contrasts happily with the surge of violence and hysteria ardently sought by others [...] an exquisite sensitivity, halfway between realism and mannerism.
Claude Beylie
1971
About The Decameron
Full cast
About Pier Paolo Pasolini
Filmography
Facing History: Pasolini - Blow Up
Musics by Pier Paolo Pasolini - Blow Up
Pasolini, the anti-conformist
In 1969, interview with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian filmmaker
Pier Paolo Pasolini Speaks

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Le dialogue entre l’écrit et le cinéma s'est poursuivi tout au long du parcours de Pasolini, au gré des adaptations.

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