dick so good that it leaves you with a pitying feeling of emptiness once it disappears from your life

The first film I've logged twice on Letterboxd, and one of my very favourite movies of all time. One of the highlights of that rich, rich period of cinema, of the heyday of European arthouse, which unlike so many of those comes not out of navel-gazing but of intense engagement with the political and cultural spirit of the times, in dialogue with Marxism, existentialism and some profane manifestation of the divine. It's a mysterious and beautiful film, and so thematically dense that on a second viewing I'm only unravelling parts of it - there's a beautiful puzzle at its centre as to the films precise meaning/s and mysteries, that like those impenetrable classics such as L'Avventura or Last Year at Marienbad can haunt, enlighten, provoke and endlessly transfix its viewers, offering further rewards on subsequent viewings, studied and analysed at length but still always keeping its cards close to its chest. A masterpiece of the absolute highest order.

wow love this alternate version of call me by your name where the entire family is seduced by oliver & then they all have a mental breakdown after he leaves

The circling theory among viewers deals with Pasolini's "inconceivable" attempt to merge Christianity and Marxism in a single feature-film. Yet, the result is magnificent, provoking, seductive, and in love with visual language and ambiguous imagery, highlighting scandal in the eyes of any given society. Brilliantly made. Who needs words when the images speak for themselves?

99/100

it's like a weird, early version of Melancholia where Terence Stamp plays the titular planet and it's all about the bourgeoise.

the only movie that dares to ask: what if god wanted to have sex with you?

and then subsequently: what if your bourgeois soul had already been so thoroughly emptied that having sex with god destroyed you?

they're probably dead now but damn.... everyone's so pretty hot in this

To be fair, I'd also do most of these things if I ever made it with Terence Stamp.

the f*ck was that

In its own category

what that dick do Terence 👀🍦🏄‍♂️⛷️

"Through the love you gave me I've become aware of my illness."

Theorem is one of the greatest films ever made, where dialogue is almost never necessary. What a tragedy that Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered at such an early age. The reason Terence Stamp character is God and not the Devil? He is the male version of the maid: blue eyes, brown hair, same facial expressions, same color clothing. He inspires, transforms and inspires awe. Silvana Mangano is so gorgeous and she's at the strength of her power as an actress in this role. Overall, Theorem is grim, but such a fantastic masterpiece.

nobody in this knows how to run

we'd need an army of these guys and the bourgeoisie would be over within a single weekend

still great but upon rewatch it's one of the least Pasolini of the Pasolinis and thus one of my least favorite, and it's weird how it has come to represent Pasolini so much in the minds of viewers (not as much as Saló, because of its infamous status, which again it's a film that complicates Pasolini's style a bit, but I'd say it's more "Pasolini" than this and anyway Saló is a masterpiece) to the point where I would argue that if you dislike this film you might want to give Pasolini a chance anyway. and viceversa.

If I paid for a ticket to this I would have killed Pasolini too.

So much brilliance here. Some truly amazing imagery and allegories, top notch production design, amazing cinematography and great use of music. All the actors were fantastic in their roles and I absolutely love the abrupt ending. However I do feel as though sometimes to symbolism could get a bit on the nose - unlike Salo, in a bad way - and whenever it did, it did not pair well with the amazing subtle implications littered throughout the film. And I also (hot take) really think the second half of the film did not have to be as long as it was. It could’ve been significantly trimmed down and I think it would’ve been even more powerful then.

Still, good mewvie me likey

unlike my last review I had no part in making this movie, but I did watch it and in a way, that’s just as important. Love when he peed on his painting ... epic vibes

Final shot of the housekeeper was me on the outside
Final shot of the father was me on the inside

a única que consegue viver uma experiência religiosa autêntica é Emília, exatamente por ainda não ter assimilado totalmente a
cultura burguesa. Pasolini mais uma vez perfeito e profundo. Preciso rever e opinar novamente, por enquanto permaneço confuso, intrigado e desafiado.