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1961
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Along with Fellini’s earliest films, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s feature debut marks a shift away from the neorealism that had defined the past decade or so of Italian film. Shot on location with non-professional actors as many Italian features were at the time, Pasolini’s film nonetheless manages to tap into a sense of poesy, metaphor, and abstract self-reflection that feels far more modern and enduring than many of its peers.