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Accattone (1961); Mamma Roma (1962)

Accattone (1961)
August 3, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Billy Wilder Theater

Accattone (Italy, 1961)

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Director Pier Paolo Pasolini had distinguished himself as a novelist known for depictions of life among prostitutes and thieves, when his similarly themed first feature appeared.  Concerning the ignominious misadventures of a pimp, bereft after his prostitute’s imprisonment, the film formally resembled neo-realist works of the time, except in its rapt focus on the underbelly of urban Italian life, rather than the promise of Italy’s postwar economic reforms.

Producer: Alfredo Bini. Screenwriter: Sergio Citti, P. Pasolini. Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli. Editor: Nino Baragli. Cast: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi, Adriana Asti. 

35mm, b/w, in Italian with English subtitles, 117 min. 

Watch the trailer below.

Mamma Roma (Italy, 1962)

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

A longtime prostitute attempting a second go at life reunites with her teenage son who has been raised in the country.  Her hopes fade when, upon learning of her past, the disillusioned son drifts to a life of petty theft, whereupon his mother’s former pimp reappears, demanding she return to her old life.  Filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini’s compassionate tale posits an Italian society mired in intractable social breakdown.

Producer: Alfredo Bini. Screenwriter: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli. Editor: Nino Baragli. Cast: Anna Magnani, Franco Citti, Ettore Garofolo, Silvana Corsini, Luisa Loiano.

35mm, b/w, in Italian with English subtitles, 111 min.

Watch the trailer below.

Part of: 
Pure and Impure: The Films of Pier Paolo Pasolini