The only movie made by Maria Callas, Medea nevertheless contains not a note of the great diva singing. And yet her presence is stunning, with a face (often seen in close-up) that cuts across the frame like a great phenomenon of nature. This raw, mostly wordless take on the Greek classic is a characteristic film from the influential Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini: intellectually sophisticated yet almost primitive in its feel.

Porcile, (Pigsty) the story of a cannibal in a medieval wasteland is interwoven with that of the son of an ex-Nazi industrialist in modern day Germany. The young German, who is more attracted to pigs than his fiancee, and the cannibal become sacrificial victims of their different societies. This strange, grotesque and thought provoking parable is filmed with such a calm beauty and underlying disgust that it gains a deep significance as an attack on the middle classes of the 20th century.

The birth, life, teachings, and death on the cross of Jesus Christ presented almost as a cine-verite documentary. Pasolini's second feature seemed a strange choice for such a revolutionary director, but it is an attempt to take Christ out of the opulent church and present him as an outcast Italian peasant. Applying Neo-Realist methods, the director shot the film in Calabria, using the expressive faces of the non professionals including that of his motoher as the Virgin Mary. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST.

A loose adaptation of the Marquis de Sade's The 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò is perhaps the most disturbing and disgusting film ever made. It is also one of the most important, offering a blistering critique of fascism and idealism that suggests moral redemption may be nothing but a myth. Criterion presents Salò in its uncut, uncensored version.

A remarkable film on Pier Paolo Pasolini poet political personality aesthetician and director of such important and controversial films as Gospel According to St. Matthew and Oedipus Rex. Director Bregstein explores whether Pasolini's murder at age 53 in 1975 was by Pino the Frog a 17-year-old male prostitute or an assassination by a group of right-wing fascists. In English and Italian with English subtitles.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 736899102029 Manufacturer No: DV71518

Legendary director Pier Paolo Pasolini (Canterbury Tales) combines the heroics and hedonism of the classic Arabian tales with his dreamlike vision of bawdy pleasures and sublime sensuality to create "Arabian Nights," the masterwork of his Trilogy of Life.

Region 4 NTSC Coding . Will NOT be viewable on US/Canada DVD Players. To preview the DVD you need Region 4 or Multi-Region DVD PlayernnThe Trilogy includes:n Decameron (1971), The Canterbury Tales (1972) , Arabian Nights (1974)

Pier Paolo Pasolini Collection, Vol. 2 a collection of Pasolini's works (Accatone / The Hawks and the Sparrows / The Gospel According to Saint Matthew) in a three disk dvd box set.

Pier Paolo Pasolini Collection, Vol. 1 a three box collection of the works (Oedipus Rex / Porcile / Love Meetings) by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada.nLanguages:no English (subtitles) no Spanish (subtitles) no English (Dolby Digital 2.0) no Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0) Synopsis: Italian director Pier Pasolini tells four of the Chaucer tales in this satirical picture that chronicles the 14th-century's social, sexual, and religious standards in England.

A dark and riveting retelling of the classic Greek tragedy "Oedipus Rex". Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar. Set in Morocco, the film is a visual wonder of desert landscapes and powerful Moorish architecture. The interesting cast include avant garde film and theater director Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck from New York's Living theater, and Pasolini himself as the High Priest.