Dark fragments: Contrasting corporealities in Pasolini's La ricotta

The short film La ricotta (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1963) tells the story of Stracci, an extra working on a film of the life of Christ, which is presented in part via tableaux vivants of Mannerist paintings. Pasolini’s film is replete with formal, stylistic and narrative binaries. In this article, I exa...

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Main Author: Jill Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University College Cork 2014-06-01
Series:Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
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Online Access:http://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue7/HTML/ArticleMurphy.html