Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini • 1974 • Italy
Starring Ninetto Davoli, Ines Pellegrini, Franco Citti
Pier Paolo Pasolini traveled to Africa, Nepal, and the Middle East to realize this ambitious cinematic treatment of a selection of stories from the legendary “The Thousand and One Nights.” This is not the fairy-tale world of Scheherazade or Aladdin, though. Instead, the director focuses on the book’s more erotic tales, framed by the story of a young man’s quest to reconnect with his beloved slave girl. Full of lustrous sets and costumes and stunning location photography, ARABIAN NIGHTS is a fierce and joyous exploration of human sexuality.
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini • 1974 • Italy
Starring Ninetto Davoli, Ines Pellegrini, Franco Citti
Pier Paolo Pasolini traveled to Africa, Nepal, and the Middle East to realize this ambitious cinematic treatment of a selection of stories from the legendary “The Thousand and One Nights.” This ...
This twenty-five minute visual essay by film critic Tony Rayns was made in 2012.
A 155-minute version of ARABIAN NIGHTS premiered at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize. Thereafter, two sections were cut, bringing it to its release length of 130 minutes. Those sections are presented here, with a transcription of the dialogue provided by Archivio...
In 1974, ARABIAN NIGHTS director Pier Paolo Pasolini and Paolo Brunatto made this sixteen-minute documentary about the Italian cities of Orte and Sabaudia. The film focuses on the need to preserve the basic form of a city as a representation of its popular history.
