Mildly erotic, slightly deranged, and beautifully entertaining, this is one of the Italian director's finest works.
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05/24/03
Arabian Nights (1974)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 7 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 35 mins
Synopsis: Exotic spectacle and unbridled sensuality collide in Pier Paolo Pasolini's dreamlike retelling of the Arabian fable. In this lush adaptation, a prince goes abroad in search of his beloved slave, whom someone has kidnapped. As he travels from land to land, he listens to erotic tales told by... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Ninetto Davoli, Ines Pellegrini, Franco Citti, Tesse Bouche, Franco Merli
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A typical puzzlement from Pasolini, a major figure who never made a major film.
10/23/07
The final film of the Trilogy of Life further develops Pasolini’s notions of the relationship of narrative to an idealized medieval world.
04/14/04
Pasolini's Arabian Nights succeeds mostly because it never assumes neither frank carnality nor flights of fancy are beneath us.
06/06/02
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