Decameron Dvd Views
Although I was not overly impressed with The Decameron when I first saw it theatrically fifteen years ago, seeing the film on the re-released DVD (now from MGM/UA) revealed it as one of Pasolini's most captivating and luminous works. For viewers new to Pasolini, it is also a good film with which to begin exploring his work, since it includes many of his central themes, and reveals his brilliance as a visual storyteller.
MGM's DVD of The Decameron is a very handsome transfer, picture and sound, of a film shot without a great deal of production gloss. But the celebrated cinematographers and designers have created some entirely credible settings. Ennio Morricone's score is either very sparse, or so perfect I didn't even notice it. For once, MGM's standard 16 chapter stops coincide almost perfectly with the number of episodes, so the feature is actually useful. The trailer is a nondescript UA collage of images which in themselves aren't very striking; The Decameron is one of those pictures whose appeal has to sneak up on one.
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