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Pasolini 101 (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
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| Genre | Drama |
| Format | Subtitled, Blu-ray |
| Contributor | Franco Citti, Anne Wiazemsky, Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Maria Callas |
| Language | Italian |
| Number Of Discs | 9 |
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PASOLINI 101—a monumental collection of nine films by one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century. Collected together for the first time in celebration of the Italian iconoclast’s daring vision of cinema as a form of resistance.
Accattone
Mamma Roma
Love Meetings
The Gospel According to Matthew
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Oedipus Rex
Teorema
Porcile
Medea
Product Description
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.
NINE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTOR’S SET FEATURES
- Nine feature films: Accattone, Mamma Roma, Love Meetings, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Hawks and the Sparrows, Oedipus Rex, Teorema, Porcile, and Medea
- New 4K digital restorations of seven films and 2K digital restorations of Teorema and Medea, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- Two shorts made by director Pier Paolo Pasolini for anthology films: La ricotta (1963) and The Sequence of the Paper Flower (1969)
- Two documentaries made by Pasolini during his travels
- New program on Pasolini’s visual style as told through his personal writing, narrated by actor Tilda Swinton and writer Rachel Kushner
- Audio commentaries on Accattone and Teorema
- 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
- Trailers
- New English subtitle translations
- PLUS: Deluxe packaging, including a 100-page book featuring an essay and notes on the films by critic James Quandt, and writings and drawings by Pasolini
Product details
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 9.61 x 7.13 x 2.05 inches; 1.57 Pounds
- Media Format : Subtitled, Blu-ray
- Release date : June 27, 2023
- Actors : Franco Citti, Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Anne Wiazemsky, Maria Callas
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : The Criterion Collection
- ASIN : B0BXZH92FD
- Number of discs : 9
- Best Sellers Rank: #27,585 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,863 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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Customers appreciate the film collection, with one noting it contains all of Pasolini's early masterpieces. The content receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting the excellent selection of the filmmaker's work.
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Customers appreciate the collection, with one mentioning it contains all of Pasolini's early masterpieces.
"This box is sheer beauty and contains all his early masterpieces. Highest possible recommendation." Read more
"Great collection from the 1960s Pasolini era by Criterion..." Read more
"Good Product, Uneven Films..." Read more
Customers appreciate the content of the collection, with one noting it includes more films than expected, and another highlighting the excellent selection of the filmmaker's work.
"...Compare this to the Bergman box set, which is massive, includes way more films, better packaging, and costs only slightly more...." Read more
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"Not "complete", but this is an excellent collection of the filmmaker's work...." Read more
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Great collection from the 1960s Pasolini era by Criterion
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2024This box is sheer beauty and contains all his early masterpieces. Highest possible recommendation.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 20239 Films of Pasolini made in the 1960s. All Bluray discs. 4K restoration in 7 films. 2K in some. Lovely strong boxset from criterion.
5.0 out of 5 stars9 Films of Pasolini made in the 1960s. All Bluray discs. 4K restoration in 7 films. 2K in some. Lovely strong boxset from criterion.Great collection from the 1960s Pasolini era by Criterion
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2023
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2025This is a review of the $130 Criterion "Pasolini 101" box set, with emphasis on the packaging and presentation.
Let’s start with the obvious:
Pasolini 101 and no Salo? That’s a bit like doing “Kubrick 101” and leaving out 2001 A Space Odyssey. Whether or not it’s controversial, it’s arguably his most well-known and important work. It’s bizarre, misleading, and ultimately disappointing—especially if you're buying this to explore Pasolini with someone else (as I was).
Next: packaging. Other reviews are correct—this is cheap cardboard sleeves, and not even good ones. The discs are crammed into tight paper pouches that scratch the surface on first removal. If you care at all about the condition of your media, you’ll need to rehouse all the discs immediately, or risk damaging them just by watching them.
To make it worse, the entire thing was shipped in shrink wrap with no box protection. Amazon apparently thought the collector’s box was a shipping container. Mine arrived dented, peeling, and visibly bruised, as an item with no shipping box would be. For $130, this is pathetic. I can’t imagine anyone spending the full $250 MSRP and feeling good about it.
Compare this to the Bergman box set, which is massive, includes way more films, better packaging, and costs only slightly more. Pasolini 101 feels like a corner-cutting exercise dressed in prestige branding. Criterion should be raising standards for film preservation—not mimicking cut-rate, mass-market box sets.
As Deleuze and Guattari put it, with every surplus value extracted, there’s an equivalent flow of stupidity. This release is a great example. Cutting corners here didn’t just cheapen the product—it cheapened the brand. Criterion, of all labels, should know better.
Unless they seriously reissue this with proper packaging and include Salo, I’m returning it. A wasted opportunity and a truly disappointing experience.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2024I bought this on a whim in my ongoing effort to expand my knowledge of cinema. While I'm glad to have done so, I can't recommend any of these films. They are droll, to put it kindly. I'm sure some might regard them as classics, but I found each a chore to sit through. The pacing is inconsistent and some of the stories lacking in clarity. The actual Criterion Collection product couldn't be better, though. The box is beautiful and the packaging efficient. It comes with a nice booklet about the films. I'll keep it mostly just to say I sat through all of these films and have a keepsake from this time in my life. I imagine if you love Italian Cinema then that's a different story and you'll probably love them. But it you're just a fan of cinema in general you might struggle to enjoy these.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024Not "complete", but this is an excellent collection of the filmmaker's work. My only sadness is that they were not released in 4K, because this is the direction the video format is moving. One of the films included is already out in 4k. Soon others will follow. My other issue is the sleeve design. Why are they still doing this? Soft wipes are needed to avoid this problem.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2024This initial review concerns the packaging only, not the films (content or quality). This box set of 9 discs and booklet looks great until you try to remove a disc from it's sleeve. The sleeves holding the discs are so tight that EVERY disc already contains light, but very noticeable scratches just by being placed in the sleeves at the record plant. So the first thing to do after removing each disc is to make sure that it plays correctly and then put the disc in a seperate, protective sleeve as taking them in and out will only add more and more scratches to the disc.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2023The disc sticks to the paper pack so hard that it takes me quite a while to pick out just ONE disc. Come on Criterion, such a crappy design for a big company.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025The DVDs were a HUGE disappointment.
They are expensive. They took over a month to arrive. Then, they would not play on any DVD player I own. Wait for a 4K release.
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PatrickReviewed in Canada on July 17, 20233.0 out of 5 stars The movies are so good but it'shard to get the discs out without touching it.
Passolini made some masterpiece.
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