Lost in Criterion
Lost in Criterion
Lost in Criterion
Spine 633: The Canterbury Tales
1 hour 48 minutes Posted Jan 31, 2025 at 7:03 pm.
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Continuing through Pasolini's Trilogy of Life this week we have The Canterbury Tales (1972). Pasolini's adaptation of a a foundational English text includes many naked and British people, including Tom Baker. While the film's epilogue changes the book to make these tales "told only for the pleasure of telling", Pasolini's celebration of pre-consumerism sex comes with a certain growing darkness. We'll talk more on that next week, but for now let's enjoy medieval Charlie Chaplin.