{"id":103,"date":"2006-03-29T14:07:54","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T21:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=103"},"modified":"2021-01-08T10:02:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:02:05","slug":"decameron-the-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Decameron, The (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;l met a lady claiming to be my sister. She invited me to supper. I fell into her toilet, and here I am!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Poster.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nEight vignettes &#8212; based on stories from Boccaccio&#8217;s <em>Decameron<\/em> &#8212; poke fun at love, sex, and Catholicism in 14th century Italy.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Episodic Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Italian Films<\/li>\n<li>Pier Paolo Pasolini Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nPier Pasolini&#8217;s loose adaptation of Boccaccio&#8217;s naughty medieval folk tale collection is humorous, irreverent, and eminently watchable. As with any episodic film, some vignettes are inevitably more successful than others; among my favorites are the convent of lusty nuns who try to use a studly deaf worker for their own lascivious purposes; an unwitting young man who finds himself trapped in a coffin while trying to steal some jewels; and a father who catches his daughter having sex with her wealthy lover, then happily insists that they marry.  As Peary points out, director Pasolini seems to revel in his characters&#8217; debauchery, and this joy is evident in nearly every scene. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An energetic, colorful evocation of &#8220;subversive&#8221; behavior in medieval times<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Nun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Nun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Nun.jpg 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Nun-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Nun-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Nun-479x270.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A no-holds-barred portrayal of men and women who are, as Peary puts it, &#8220;in need of a shave, a bath, a dentist, or a good diet plan&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Face.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Face.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Face.jpg 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Face-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Face-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Decameron-Face-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This remains one of Pier Pasolini&#8217;s most enjoyable films, and is well-worth seeing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0065622\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s661decam.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-decameron\/review\/129757\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;l met a lady claiming to be my sister. She invited me to supper. I fell into her toilet, and here I am!&#8221; Synopsis: Eight vignettes &#8212; based on stories from Boccaccio&#8217;s Decameron &#8212; poke fun at love, sex, and Catholicism in 14th century Italy. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Episodic Films Historical Drama Italian Films Pier Paolo Pasolini Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Pier Pasolini&#8217;s loose adaptation of Boccaccio&#8217;s naughty medieval folk tale collection is humorous, irreverent, and eminently&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=103\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62249,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/62249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}