The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
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If we're not as well-read as bookworm Somerset--who scours through "The Canterbury Tales" and Dante's "Divine Comedy" as the plot thickens--the killer thoughtfully leaves clues to the seven sins scrawled in blood on the walls.
Von Trier creates many moments of pure awe, peppering the heady tale with funny throw away observations of human existence – it’s a strange and tender telling that owes as much to The Canterbury Tales as it does to the director’s personal psychology.
Pasolini adapted a couple of Greek tragedies, and then made his commercially-successful La trilogia della vita (The Trilogy of Life) comprising Il Decamerone (The Decameron, 1971), I racconti di Canterbury (The Canterbury Tales, 1972) and Il fiore delle mille e una notte (Arabian Nights, 1974).
Pasolini's essays and interviews conducted in the last few years of his life leave virtually no ambiguity as to what he wanted to accomplish with this film, particularly in relationship to the three immediately preceding it in his career, the "Trilogy of Life" - The Decameron , The Canterbury Tales , and Arabian Nights .