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Pier Paolo Pasolini
Teorema 4 January 06
Section: pasolini
Categories: Film / in-a-cinema
I love Pasolini. His gaze/camera: I can feel his feet rooted in the earth below him, which he wrenches as he moves. And he moves from his pelvis and gut, bound in muscle. Raw poet. Raw poetry.
Theorem
theorem |ˈθēərəm; ˈθi(ə)r-|
noun Physics & Mathematics
a general proposition not self-evident but proved by a chain of reasoning; a truth established by means of accepted truths.
• a rule in algebra or other branches of mathematics expressed by symbols or formulae.
DERIVATIVES
theorematic |ˌθēərəˈmatik; ˌθi(ə)rə-| adjective
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French théorème, or via late Latin from Greek theōrēma ‘speculation, proposition,’ from theōrein ‘ look at,’ from theōros ‘ spectator.’ (Oxford Dictionary)
- Title: Teorema
- Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Writing credits: Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Starring: Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, Massimo Girotti, Anne Wiazemsky, Laura Betti, Andrés José Cruz Soublette, Ninetto Davoli, Carlo De Mejo, Adele Cambria, Luigi Barbini, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Alfonso Gatt
- Year: 1968
- Cinema: Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt
- Further details: Italy, Italian, 105 minutes, Black and White and color