Review of Teorema

Teorema (1968)
6/10
Peculiar, artistic, giftedly carried out - but not interesting
22 October 2012
For me, Italian and Swedish artistic films have a lot in common, beginning with static scripts and ending with poker-faced performers. Usually are Pasolini's films different from this pattern, but not with Teorema where the above mentioned features are fully visible. Of course, directing and camera work are great and the actors-actresses are at least good, if not more, but I am not very much into profundity connected with religion and sexuality. And boredom among the rich, long dialogs with literary connections, background classical or church music - all this has been used before and after Pasolini. And those endless scenes without any text… Well, the ending was also not according to my taste.

Luckily, the film is only 1,5 hours, but I could recommend it only for selective , like-minded audience.
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