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The Decameron / Notes for an African Oresteia (DVD + Blu-ray) [1970]

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Pier Paolo Pasolini (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Format: CD+DVD, PAL
  • Language: Italian
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Bfi Video
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Dec. 2011
  • Run Time: 111 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0068L22GA
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THE DECAMERON (DVD + BLU-RAY)<br /<A film by Pier Paolo Pasolini

The first part of Pasolini's colourful and highly erotic Trilogy of Life is full of bawdy, earthy spirit, romping through tales of lusty nuns and priests, cuckolded husbands, murdered lovers and grave-robbers with five of the stories linked to character of an intriguing artist, played by Pasolini himself. Presented in a new High-Definition restoration. Pasolini's visual notes for an unrealised film project, Notes for an African Oresteria, is also included here, fully restored to High-Definition by Cineteca di Bologna.

Special features

  • Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
  • Alternative English-language version
  • Original Italian trailer
  • Notes for an African Oresteria (1970, b&w, 73 minutes, 1.33:1)
  • Fully illustrated booklet including essays, reviews and biography

Italy, France, Germany | 1970 | colour | Italian language with optional English subtitles | 111 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.85:1

Disc 1: BD50 |1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48k/24-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | PCM mono audio (320kbps)

Region 2 PAL DVD
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4.0 out of 5 starsgood piece of historic film making in neo-realistic style.
By R de Bulat TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 21 Oct. 2013
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
I first saw this in the early 70"s in the Cine Citta, a small cinema off Leicester Square, on a handkerchief sized screen. At the time it was racy and unlike anything else being made, except by the likes of Ken Russell. I went to see it, primarily, because I had just finished Boccaccio's Decameron and was not disappointed by the film although it represents a mere 10th of the stories in the book. At the time, the film quality and the film treatment was definitely in the mode of art cinema and the neo-realism of Pasolini was just one of several "out there" for art students like myself. Coming back to the film more than 40 years later, it looks like an historic piece of film making, not because it lacks CGI, but because the film quality is much less than expected even by guerilla film makers on youtube. Despite this, the film still has charm, in no small part due to the beguiling personalities of the amateurs who make up most of the cast and are believably medieval in looks and no doubt behaviour, looking much like the characters of a Brueghel painting. The stories more or less hang together as the camera presents a seemingly panoramic view of the town and countryside, panning from one tableaux to another, introducing each new aspect as it goes. There is plenty of nudity, male and female, that fits with the storyline, but no airbrushed, artificially enhanced characteristics: the actors, just as they are, neither particularly beautiful, nor especially ugly, but earthily human and free of artifice. This is a great film, in many ways, exploring how people of all eras negotiate the strictures of life and moral framework of church and state to live and find simple pleasures that are, at least in Pasolini's vision, free of the sin or guilt of sexual pleasure, or other peccadilloes, less savoury, like robbery, murder and heresy, but just as much a part of life. The version I watched is DVD as I do not have a Blue-Ray player: this set has both in it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsa land of smiles
By schumann_bg TOP 50 REVIEWER on 17 Jan. 2015
Format: DVD
This film is really made for pure enjoyment in its celebration of sex and story-telling, and finds Pasolini being both lyrical and bawdy about as much as it's possible to be. It tells ten stories from Boccaccio, but not just in a row: the opening sequence shows Ciappelletto, a most disreputable character, killing someone in a sack and disposing of the body over a precipice - hardly a comic start - but he pops up again later in one of the most risqué sequences, before having his own episode, and being turned into a saint when he dies. This is perhaps the least interesting story, seemingly taking a swipe at the reliability of canonisation in the Catholic Church, although the confession scene on his deathbed does have a comic aspect that is unlike anything else in the film. The priest is hardly able to keep a straight face, you feel. Most of the episodes are more eventful and have more movement or visual interest. They are often brilliantly funny, with much visual humour alongside jokes of every kind. A particularly wonderful story tells of a young man who gains access to a convent as a gardener by pretending to be a deaf-mute, which the young nuns see as a glorious opportunity, given his wondrous looks ... Others are more disturbing, such as a tale of three brothers who deal very severely with their sister's lover, after which she takes matters into her own hands in a most startling way ... the beauty of many of the actors is breathtaking, with perhaps a particular emphasis on the male side of things, reflecting Pasolini's own tastes. There are some smiles that would, put together, have launched several thousand ships, and the landscapes are also a kind of perfection.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA fine package for a fine film
By Charles Read on 12 Oct. 2001
Format: DVD
This is the second in a series of uncut versions of Pasolini's final films the BFI is releasing on DVD uncut. After the shocking impact of his last film, the formerly banned 'Salo', this playful (if sexually graphic) comedy seems almost insignificant. Subsequent viewings, however, reveal great depth beneath its bawdy exterior - and his extended cameo as a fresco painter reveals a lot about his view of himself as an artist (the final phrase being particularly memorable).
BFI's disc of Decameron is as good as can be expected. The print (slightly more severely letterboxed than the 1.66 indicated, but looks accurate) suffers from the problems one would expect from the type of film - cheaply made using mostly hand-helds and cheap filmstock, and natural lighting rendering many scenes overtly dark. The post-dubbed sound is harsh and/or distorted, but ok. Of more concern perhaps is the fact that the subtitles are burnt-in (not digital like on Salo - although even these were not removable for some reason) - and in some of the more troublesome dark scenes the picture becomes so smudgy that it is difficult to know what is going on. This is clearly a fault of the budget, but anamorphic enhancement would have helped.
extras - biography, a link to BFIs site - nothing remarkable (although the liner notes are better than usual, and the packaging is more sturdy than that used for Salo).
But most importantly perhaps - this release marks the first occasion Decameron is availible uncut for home viewing in this country - and so comes highly recommended for fans of Pasolini and off-beat Italian film.
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