Past

The Canterbury Tales

(Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1972)

Preceded by The Earth as Seen from the Moon (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1966)

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In The Canterbury Tales, Pasolini adapts eight of the 24 stories from the famous Chaucer novel, enhancing much of the text’s bawdy humor. The second film in Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life. (123 mins., 35mm) Preceded by The Earth as Seen from the Moon, which stars Totò and Ninetto Davoli and is the third episode of the omnibus film The Witches, which also includes segments by Vittorio De Sica and Luchino Visconti. (30 mins., 35mm)

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FILM/VIDEO

Rohauer Collection Foundation

 

SUPPORT FOR RETROSPECTIVE: PIER PAOLO PASOLINI


 

Cineteca di Bologna
 

Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini

Ministry of Culture of Italy

Year of the Italian Culture in the US

 

PREFERRED AIRLINES

American Airlines

 

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE WEXNER CENTER

Greater Columbus Arts Council

Columbus Foundation

Nationwide Foundation

Ohio Arts Council

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Past

The Canterbury Tales