An interesting film, told mostly in images, with sparse dialogue throughout and a lot of attention directed to colour, it makes an intriguing watch, even if not a highly satisfying one. With limited dialogue, the character development becomes light, and although the characters do change in the course of the film, we never knew them to begin with very well, so the change leaves little impact. What Pasolini is trying to say is quite ambiguous, and it is frustrating to watch, as the second half the film gives an opportunity for much meandering and without it having much meaning. The art direction and Pasolini's lighting choices are excellent, the music choices are great, and the film is, for its first half, relatively interesting. But the changes the characters go through seem all over-the-place, and therefore it is hard to decipher whether Pasolini is trying to say anything at all.
