La commare secca
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| Directed by | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Screenplay by | Bernardo Bertolucci Sergio Citti Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Based on | La commare secca by Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Produced by | Antonio Cervi |
| Starring | Marisa Solinas Allen Midgette Giancarlo De Rosa Alfredo Leggi |
| Cinematography | Giovanni Narzisi |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni Carlo Rustichelli |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
La commare secca (literally "The skinny gossip", English title The Grim Reaper) is a 1962 Italian film written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, based on a short story by Pier Paolo Pasolini.[1] It was Bertolucci's directorial debut at age 21.
Plot
The final flashback depicts the prostitute's murder by a man in clogs who had been interrogated previously and who is finally apprehended at a dance. Each narrative is interrupted by a sudden thunderstorm, which in each case leads to an interlude at the prostitute's apartment as she prepares for her evening.
Critical reception
'Segnalazioni cinematografiche' found the film's ambition to adapt the work to "the most Pasolinian atmosphere and context of the marginal Rome' led to a "rather modest result".[1] Critic John Simon called La commare secca "pure trash".[2] Janet Maslin, in her retrospective review for The New York Times, states that the film "has enough rough edges to mark it unmistakably as a debut effort. It also has a sophistication that, from so young and inexperienced a film maker, is quite unexpected. Mr. Bertolucci gravitates instinctively to extremes here, shooting from the steepest, the broadest, the most eye-catching angle whenever he can. Even when these touches don't serve the narrative, that hardly matters. The narrative is always secondary to Mr. Bertolucci's very disciplined flamboyance."[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 La commare secca (in italiano), retrieved 31 July 2023
- ↑ Simon, John (1983). John Simon: Something to Declare Twelve Years Of Films From Abroad. Clarkson N. Potter Inc. p. 37.
- ↑ Maslin, Janet (6 May 1982). "SCREEN: 'LA COMMARE SECCA,' WHERE BERTOLUCCI BEGAN". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
External links
- La commare secca at IMDb
- La commare secca at AllMovie
- La commare secca an essay by David Thompson at the Criterion Collection
- 1962 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1960s Italian-language films
- 1960s mystery films
- 1962 crime drama films
- Police detective films
- Films directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
- Films scored by Piero Piccioni
- Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
- Films set in Rome
- 1962 directorial debut films
- 1960s Italian films
- Films with screenplays by Bernardo Bertolucci