Abel Ferrara’s 'Pasolini' review in HitFix - Morrissey references

Abel Ferrara’s 'Pasolini' is an intriguing mess - HitFix
by Catherine Bray

Excerpt:

VENICE — "Pasolini is me." So sang erstwhile Smiths frontman Morrissey on single "You Have Killed Me" from "Ringleader of the Tormentors," an album recorded in Italy. The very next track on the album opens with a sample of a very distinctive sound: the siren of an Italian ambulance. At the Venice festival, it's impossible to go for more than a day without hearing this dolorous yet urgent wail on the Lido; it's an unofficial soundtrack. These congruences were very much slushing around my head as I sat down for Abel Ferrara's "Pasolini."

Prior to the festival, Maestro Ferrara, the man who brought "The Driller Killer," "King of New York," and the original "Bad Lieutenant" into the world gave various interviews about the project. Like Morrissey, he is an inveterate quote machine, an expert in controversy, and the words that drew the most attention were electrifying: "I know who killed him." ...

...On reflection, it's another work by Morrissey that comes to mind in light of Ferrara’s bullish press-baiting: a case of "Bigmouth Strikes Again."
 
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There was a rough cut screening and Q & A of this for film students at American Film Institute and it was simply a Hot Mess.
Why the hell would you select an American actor to portray an highly famous Italian?
 

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