{"id":1810,"date":"2006-11-24T10:24:58","date_gmt":"2006-11-24T17:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2024-05-15T19:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T02:36:44","slug":"fists-in-the-pocket-pugni-in-tasca-i-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1810","title":{"rendered":"Fists in the Pocket \/ Pugni in tasca, I (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This little brain of mine &#8212; that you didn&#8217;t trust an inch! &#8212; planned the whole thing.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Poster-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Poster-2-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Poster-2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Poster-2-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Poster-2-190x270.jpg 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Poster-2.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn epilectic (Lou Castel) decides to relieve his older brother (Marino Mase) of their dysfunctional family by gradually killing everyone &#8212; including himself &#8212; off.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character Studies<\/li>\n<li>Incest and Incestuous Undertones<\/li>\n<li>Italian Films<\/li>\n<li>Marco Bellocchio Films<\/li>\n<li>Plot to Murder<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis astonishing feature debut by 26-year-old Italian director Marco Bellochio merits multiple viewings in order to begin to grasp its bizarrely twisted mentality. We watch the movie &#8212; part black comedy, part character study, part horror film &#8212; as we would a train wreck in slow motion, fascinated yet unable to look away. Indeed, it&#8217;s impossible to predict what will happen next, since none of the characters behave as you would expect them to: Mase barely bats an eyelid when reading about Castel&#8217;s intent to drive their family off a cliff; Castel&#8217;s sister (Paola Pitagora) treats her disturbed brother more like a lover than a sibling; and nobody in the community questions the sudden mysterious deaths of two of the family&#8217;s members. <\/p>\n<p>Like it or not, we end up most fascinated by the dynamically deranged Sandro (Castel), whose powerhouse performance (watch the way he swings his hands and arms around) evokes memories of a young Brando. Rather than having Sandro consumed with vengeful jealousy over his older brother&#8217;s success in business and love (a much more conventional narrative choice), Bellocchio shows Sandro teetering between depression, grandiosity, and mental instability, all while ostensibly aiming to provide his &#8220;normal&#8221; older brother (does he wish to be him? or is he simply trying to &#8220;prove&#8221; himself to him?) with a chance at happiness. Sandro&#8217;s fate is sealed in the final baroque moments of the film, but (as to be expected) it&#8217;s unclear what kind of a future lies ahead for the remains of this highly dysfunctional family. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lou Castel&#8217;s charged performance as the deranged yet ultimately &#8220;well-meaning&#8221; middle brother<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Castel2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Castel2-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Castel2-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Castel2-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Castel2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Castel2-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Castel2-1536x868.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Castel2.png 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paola Pitagora as Castel&#8217;s inscrutable sister<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Cinematography-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Cinematography-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Cinematography-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Cinematography-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Cinematography-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Cinematography-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Cinematography.png 1719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gorgeous black-and-white cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Sister.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Sister-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Sister-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Sister-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Sister-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Sister-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Sister-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Fists-in-the-Pocket-Sister.png 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ennio Morricone&#8217;s intermittent score &#8212; if only there were more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This powerful, provocative debut by Bellocchio merits viewing by all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0059619\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1968\/05\/28\/archives\/screen-fist-in-his-pocket-arrives-italian-familys-misery-etched-by.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1936fist.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This little brain of mine &#8212; that you didn&#8217;t trust an inch! &#8212; planned the whole thing.&#8221; Synopsis: An epilectic (Lou Castel) decides to relieve his older brother (Marino Mase) of their dysfunctional family by gradually killing everyone &#8212; including himself &#8212; off. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Character Studies Incest and Incestuous Undertones Italian Films Marco Bellocchio Films Plot to Murder Siblings Review: This astonishing feature debut by 26-year-old Italian director Marco Bellochio merits multiple viewings in order to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1810\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810","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=1810"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96719,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions\/96719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}