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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Published in:	Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Main Author:	Jill Murphy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University College Cork 2014-06-01
Subjects:	christ mannerist stracci crucifixion pier paolo pasolini binary carnivalesque charlie chaplin tableau vivant
Online Access:	http://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue7/HTML/ArticleMurphy.html