Movielogr
La Rabbia (1963)
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giovannino Guareschi
Most recently watched by zombiefreak
Overview
Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, and fear? The film is in two completely separate parts, and the directors of these respective sections, left-wing Pier Paolo Pasolini and conservative Giovanni Guareschi, offer the viewer contrasting analyses of and prescriptions for modern society. Part I, by Pasolini, is a denunciation of the offenses of Western culture, particularly those against colonized Africa. It is at the same time a chronicle of the liberation and independence of the former African colonies, portraying these peoples as the new protagonists of the world stage, holding up Marxism as their “salvation”, and suggesting that their “innocent ferocity” will be the new religion of the era. Guareschi’s part, by contrast, constitutes a defense of Western civilization and a word of hope, couched in traditional Christian terms, for man’s future.
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Giorgio Bassani | Renato Guttuso | Gigi Artuso | Carlo Romano | Charles de Gaulle | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Yuri Gagarin | Ava Gardner | Nikita Khrushchev | V.I. Lenin | Sophia Loren | Marilyn Monroe | Pope John XXIII | Pope Paul VI | Pope Pius XII | Prince Philip | Queen Elizabeth II | Dr. Ahmed Sukarno