Notes Towards an African Orestes (Italian: Appunti per un'Orestiade Africana) is a 1970 Italian film by director Pier Paolo Pasolini about Pasolini's preparations for making a film version of the Oresteia set in Africa.[1][2]
The film starts as a cinematic notebook of Pasolini scouting locations and actors with a voice-over of his thoughts -- "perhaps this will be my Electra". Back in Rome, there is a sequence with a jazz group playing. He then invites a group of African students at the University of Rome to review his notes and comment. They politely but clearly tell Pasolini that the primeval Africa he imagined had little to do with the complex, diverse reality and that treating it as a primal setting for an ancient European story was foolish. They appear to be amusedly patronised by Pasolini's implication that social progress in Africa via the adoption of Western education systems should be distrusted in favour of his romanticised ideals of communal tribal systems and the dignity of labour.
The African Orestes was never made. It is implied towards the end of the documentary that Pasolini himself was having doubts concerning his own idea.
notes, towards, african, orestes, italian, appunti, orestiade, africana, 1970, italian, film, director, pier, paolo, pasolini, about, pasolini, preparations, making, film, version, oresteia, africa, directed, bypier, paolo, pasoliniwritten, bypier, paolo, paso. Notes Towards an African Orestes Italian Appunti per un Orestiade Africana is a 1970 Italian film by director Pier Paolo Pasolini about Pasolini s preparations for making a film version of the Oresteia set in Africa 1 2 Notes Towards an African OrestesDirected byPier Paolo PasoliniWritten byPier Paolo PasoliniProduced byGian Vittorio BaldiStarringGato BarbieriCinematographyGiorgio PelloniEdited byCleofe ConversiRelease date16 April 1970Running time65 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian Contents 1 Content 2 Cast 3 Release 4 References 5 External linksContent EditThe film starts as a cinematic notebook of Pasolini scouting locations and actors with a voice over of his thoughts perhaps this will be my Electra Back in Rome there is a sequence with a jazz group playing He then invites a group of African students at the University of Rome to review his notes and comment They politely but clearly tell Pasolini that the primeval Africa he imagined had little to do with the complex diverse reality and that treating it as a primal setting for an ancient European story was foolish They appear to be amusedly patronised by Pasolini s implication that social progress in Africa via the adoption of Western education systems should be distrusted in favour of his romanticised ideals of communal tribal systems and the dignity of labour The African Orestes was never made It is implied towards the end of the documentary that Pasolini himself was having doubts concerning his own idea Cast EditGato Barbieri Himself Musician saxophone Don Moye Himself Musician drums Marcello Melio Himself Musician double bass Yvonne Murray singer Herself singer Archie Savage Himself Singer Pier Paolo Pasolini Himself uncredited Release EditThe film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival but was not entered into the main competition 3 References Edit Appunti per un Orestiade africana in Italian retrieved 2023 06 11 Pier Paolo Pasolini s Notes for an African Orestes offscreen com Retrieved 2023 06 11 Festival de Cannes Notes Towards an African Orestes festival cannes com Retrieved 2009 05 10 External links EditNotes Towards an African Orestes at IMDb nbsp This article related to an Italian film of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a documentary film about the arts is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Notes Towards an African Orestes amp oldid 1174673267, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
