The Canterbury Tales

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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 24 Funny in 1 hour and 51 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Italian and American English audio options with American English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Hubert S Feb 19 Niezdatny do oglądania. See more jordan m 02/06/2022 There are hotdog eating contests with less wieners than this movie has. In retrospect I do wish I had been able to watch this and see the artistry behind it, but I couldn't. The truly comedic parts are few and far between (the guy getting his ass branded was a highlight) and the underlying purpose of the movie seemed to be to linger as long as possible on the nude forms of non-actors who were willing to do this for the money, knowing they had no intention of pursuing a legitimate acting career. The ending sails past the line of artistic merit and social commentary and serves purely to challenge the audience to sit through it. It's almost like the Jackass of its era except that it masquerades as legitimate cinematic art. See more 06/01/2020 The weakest link in Pasolini's Trilogy of Life, the Canterbury Tales fails where the Decameron and Arabian Nights succeed in transforming bawdiness into something metaphysical. As a burlesque comedy it succeeds, but it couldn't possibly measure up to the other entries in the trilogy. I think I made a mistake in watching the English dub of the film, although the Italian dub also suffers in not matching up with the visuals. See more 03/14/2019 Not even, but at the finale Pasolini’s vision is overwhelmingly powerful and redeems the movie’s weaknesses. See more 10/26/2015 The second part of the Trilogy of Life shows Pasolini's comical assumption about England during the medieval era. The costumes, the store, and the sendoff to Chaplin are the only saving graces in this film and that really is not enough to recommend. See more Read all reviews

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