When it comes to a Pier Paolo Pasolini film I am never sure whether to recommend it or not. I like his films, even his bad ones, because they are different. That, at least, makes them never boring and always gives us something to talk about. 'Teorema' is probably one of his best examples. I did not particularly like this film but was fascinated from start to finish.
The first half hour shows a handsome visitor (Terence Stamp) in a big land house. There he makes love to all member of the household: the maid, the father, the mother, the sister and the brother. Then the apparent stranger has to go. The physical love which all of them shared with the visitor, most obviously seen as a divine figure, means major changes for all of them, seen in the second part of this film.
I could say more or could have said less, it does not change very much on whether you will see this film. As in many of his films Pasolini keeps a certain distance from his material, as does the music, which here brings something extra to the fascinating things on screen. There is hardly any dialogue and when it comes it seems like talking in code. Most people understand what Pasolini is trying to do here, I guess, and that makes it one of his easier films to watch. That there is not as much sex and violence as in many of his other films helps as well.
'Teorema' is a fascinating film, maybe too slow for quite some viewers, but I can't imagine someone to be really bored with this interesting piece of cinema. You might even really like it.
The first half hour shows a handsome visitor (Terence Stamp) in a big land house. There he makes love to all member of the household: the maid, the father, the mother, the sister and the brother. Then the apparent stranger has to go. The physical love which all of them shared with the visitor, most obviously seen as a divine figure, means major changes for all of them, seen in the second part of this film.
I could say more or could have said less, it does not change very much on whether you will see this film. As in many of his films Pasolini keeps a certain distance from his material, as does the music, which here brings something extra to the fascinating things on screen. There is hardly any dialogue and when it comes it seems like talking in code. Most people understand what Pasolini is trying to do here, I guess, and that makes it one of his easier films to watch. That there is not as much sex and violence as in many of his other films helps as well.
'Teorema' is a fascinating film, maybe too slow for quite some viewers, but I can't imagine someone to be really bored with this interesting piece of cinema. You might even really like it.