PASOLINI - DVD

PASOLINI (DVD)
A film by Abel Ferrara

Written and directed by cult filmmaker Abel Ferrara (Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant, Welcome to New York), this dark, daring drama tells the story of the fateful final days of the controversial filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Having recently finished Salò, or 120 Days of Sodom Pasolini has enraged audiences, critics and politicians with his homosexually and the scandal that surrounds his films. Focusing on both his private and professional life, the film explores the inner-world of Pasolini in the days before his violent death.

Starring Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation of Christ) as the great auteur, and featuring Ninetto Davoli, who acted in many of his films, Pasolini is a powerful and evocative look into the dark world or cinema's most controversial figures, as seen through the eyes of one of modern cinema's most astonishing and surprising directors.

Special features

• Original theatrical trailer
• Conversation with Abel Ferrara and the Cast of Pasolini (2014, 40 mins): Ferrara, Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros and Giada Colagrande in conversation with Paulo Branco
• Robin Askwith on Pier Pasolini (2015, 23 mins): the actor recounts his first meeting with Pasolini
• Illustrated booklet with director's statement and interview, new writing by John David Rhodes, and full film credits

France, Italy, Belgium | 2014 | colour | English, Italian and French language, with English subtitles and English hard-of-hearing subtitles | 81 minutes | DVD9 | Original aspect ratio 1.85:1 | Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (224kbps) and 5.1 surround (448kbps) | Cert 18 (contains strong sex, violence) | Region 2 DVD