The Criterion Collection

Pasolini 101

Mamma Roma - The Criterion Collection 2004 DVD ( USA) Theorem - BFI 2004 DVD ( USA) Teorema - Koch Lorber 2005 DVD ( USA) Medea - BFI 2011 Dual-Format Edition ( United Kingdom) Accattone - The Masters of Cinema Series 2012 Dual-Format Edition ( United Kingdom) The Gospel According to Matthew - The Masters of Cinema Series 2012 Dual-Format Edition ( United Kingdom) Pigsty - The Masters of Cinema Series DVD 2012 DVD ( United Kingdom) Hawks and Sparrows - The Masters of Cinema Series DVD 2012 DVD ( United Kingdom) Oedipus Rex - The Masters of Cinema Series DVD 2012 DVD ( United Kingdom) Oedipus Rex - The Masters of Cinema Series 2012 Dual-Format Edition ( United Kingdom) Theorem - BFI 2013 Dual-Format Edition ( USA) Hawks and Sparrows / Pigsty - The Masters of Cinema Series 2016 Limited Edition Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Teorema - The Criterion Collection 2020 Blu-ray ( USA) Teorema - The Criterion Collection 2020 DVD ( USA) Pier Paolo Pasolini 100 ans! - Carlotta Films 2022 Blu-ray ( France) Pasolini 101 - The Criterion Collection 2023 Blu-ray ( USA)
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  • Release Date: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $249.95
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Accattone | Mamma Roma | Love Meetings | The Gospel According to St. Matthew | The Hawks and the Sparrows | Oedipus Rex | Teorema | Porcile | Medea
Licensor Information
Intramovies, Mondo TV, Compass Film, Movietime, SND
Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini

One of the most original and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century, Italian polymath Pier Paolo Pasolini embodied a multitude of often seemingly contradictory ideologies and identities—and he expressed them all in his provocative, lyrical, and indelible films. Relentlessly concerned with society’s downtrodden and marginalized, he elevated pimps, hustlers, sex workers, and vagabonds to the realm of saints, while depicting actual saints with a radical earthiness. Traversing the sacred and the profane, the ancient and the modern, the mythic and the personal, the nine uncompromising, often scandal-inciting features he made in the 1960s still stand—on this, the 101st anniversary of his birth—as a monument to his daring vision of cinema as a form of resistance.

  • Year: 1961-1969
  • Time: 955 total min.

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Release Information:

Technical Specifications

Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (9 Discs)
Total: 9 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
1.85:1
1.66:1
Audio Options:
Italian PCM Mono 1.0
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Documentary, Short Film, Theatrical Trailer, Audio Commentary, Introduction, Video Essay, Television Program, Book
  • Audio commentary for Accattone by Tony Rayns
  • The Sequence of the Paper Flower (1969), Pasolini's segment from the anthology film Amore e rabbia
  • Two documentaries made by Pasolini during his travels: Scouting in Palestine and Notes for a Film on India
  • New program on Pasolini’s visual style as told through his personal writing, narrated by actor Tilda Swinton and writer Rachel Kushner
  • Documentaries on Pasolini’s life and career featuring archival interviews with the director and his close collaborators
  • Episode from 1966 of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps
  • Interviews with filmmakers and scholars
  • Interviews with Bernardo Bertolucci, Tonino Delli Colli and Enzo Siciliano
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini (1995), a 58-minute documentary by filmmaker Ivo Barnabò Micheli covering the career of the controversial artist
  • La ricotta (1963), a 35-minute film by Pasolini starring Orson Welles as a director who sets out to make a film about the Passion of Jesus
  • Audio commentary for Teorema by Robert S. C. Gordon
  • Introduction to Teorema by Pier Paolo Pasolini from 1969
  • Interview from 2007 with Terence Stamp
  • Interview with John David Rhodes, author of Stupendous, Miserable City: Pasolini's Rome
  • Trailer for Accattone
  • Trailer for Love Meetings
  • Trailer for Mamma Roma
  • Trailers
  • 100-page book featuring an essay and notes on the films by critic James Quandt, and writings and drawings by Pasolini

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Accattone
Mamma Roma
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Love Meetings
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Oedipus Rex
Teorema
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Porcile
Medea
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Restoration Information

Accattone
Restoration by:
The Film Foundation
L Immagine Ritrovata
Cineteca di Bologna
Year: 2020
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
Mamma Roma
Restoration by:
Cineteca Nazionale
Year: 2022
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Medea
Restoration by:
SND Films
Year: 0
Scanned at: 2K Digital
Restored at: 2K Digital
Sources:
35mm Interpositive
Love Meetings
Restoration by:
L Immagine Ritrovata
Cineteca di Bologna
Year: 2022
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
16mm Original camera negative
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Restoration by:
The Criterion Collection
L Immagine Ritrovata
Cineteca di Bologna
Year: 2022
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Restoration by:
L Immagine Ritrovata
Cineteca di Bologna
Year: 2022
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Oedipus Rex
Restoration by:
L Immagine Ritrovata
Cineteca di Bologna
Year: 2022
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Teorema
Restoration by:
The Criterion Collection
Year: 2019
Scanned at: 2K Digital
Restored at: 2K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Porcile
Restoration by:
The Criterion Collection
L Immagine Ritrovata
Cineteca di Bologna
Year: 2022
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative

Release Notes on Restoration

Accattone
Accattone: This 4K restoration was undertaken by the Cineteca di Bologna and The Film Foundation, in association with Compass Film and Istituto Luce-Cinecitta, at L'Immagine Ritrovata from the 35mm original camera and sound negatives, provided by Studio Cine in Rome. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

Mamma Roma
Mamma Roma: This 4K restoration was undertaken by the Cineteca Nazionale in Rome, in association with Infinity+ and Cine 34, at Cinema Communications Service from the 35mm original camera and sound negatives, provided by RTI-Mediaset, with missing and damaged scenes taken from a reversal housed at Cineteca Nazionale.

Love Meetings
Love Meetings: This 4K restoration was undertaken by the Cineteca di Bologna, in association with Compass Film, at L'Immagine Ritrovata from the 35mm and 16mm original camera and sound negatives, made available by Studio Cine.

The Gospel According to St. Matthew
The Gospel According to St. Matthew: This 4K restoration was undertaken by the Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with the Criterion Collection and Compass Film, at L'Immagine Ritrovata from the 35mm original camera negative, made available by Studio Cine. The soundtrack restoration was undertaken by the Criterion Collection from the 35mm sound negative.

The Hawks and the Sparrows
The Hawks and the Sparrows: This 4K restoration was undertaken by the Cineteca di Bologna, in association with Compass Film, from the 35mm original camera and sound negatives, provided by Studio Cine.

Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex: This 4K restoration was undertaken by the Cineteca di Bologna, in association with Compass Film and Istituto Luce-Cinecitta, at L'Immagine Ritrovata from the 35mm original camera and sound negatives, provided by Studio Cine.

Teorema
Teorema: This 2K restoration was undertaken by the Criterion Collection at Criterion Post from the 35mm original camera negative and a 35mm optical soundtrack positive.

Porcile
Porcile: This 4K restoration was undertaken by the Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with the Criterion Collection and Compass Film, at L'Immagine Ritrovata from the 35mm original camera negative, provided by Studio Cine. The soundtrack restoration was undertaken by the Criterion Collection from the 35mm sound negative.

Medea
Medea: This 2K restoration was undertaken by SND Films at Scanlab from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm optical soundtrack positive.