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Teorema (1968) Reviews

Teorema (1968)
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Terence Stamp is known only as "The Visitor" in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema. The mysterious stranger insinuates himself into the home of a wealthy Italian family, where he exerts a curious, sensual spirituality over everyone in the household. He then proceeds to seduce everyone in the family (male and female) including the maid, which gives each person some sort of unique epiphany. Because he reveals so little about his innermost thoughts, "The Visitor" becomes all things to all people. What it boils down to is this: Is the enigmatic visitor Christ, or is he the Devil? Matching Terence Stamp's multi-textured performance every step of the way is Laura Betti as the family's maid; Betti, in fact, won the "Best Actress Award" at the 1968 Venice Film Festival. Director Pasolini adapted the screenplay of Teorema from his own novel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Silvana Mangano, Terence Stamp, (more)
Director(s):
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Format(s):
DVD
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Vincent M.

Pier Paolo Pasolini's films are typically disjointed and difficult to follow. Unlike Fellini and Bergman, who were artists in film making and editing, Pasolini - despite his fame - could never reach the heights reached by his fellow film makers, because the ability to weave a story was lacking. Many great films were made in vignette style, but Pasolini shows no common thread in his vignettes and no connecting theme.

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Devin B.

This is an art film, therefore it will drive the more linearly thinking mad. It's all about the various sorts of repression one might find in the home of a well-to-do middle class family (sexual, patriarchal, religious, etc.). Really, this is one for the cinephiles. If you aren't interested in film itself, the self-aware editing of the film won't do it for you. I, on the other hand, loved it. For fans of films like Daisies or the works of Werner Herzog and Alejandro Jodorowsky. -Devin.

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GUSTAVO J.

Werner Herzog films makes more sense. Teorema its very bad ,bad and I do like weird movies!

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CARL G.

I saw this as a young man in college and I was so fascinated by it that I saw it twice after that. But maybe my mindset was different then. Now, after renting it, I find it too self-aware, and poorly edited. That being said, Stamp was beautiful and enigmatic. Christ or Devil? Who knows. However, Betti, as the maid, is wonderful. The fact that she becomes a "saint" after Stamp's "sexual healing" kind of turns the film around. Pasolini's films were never for mass audiences. But always interesting. This just proves the point.

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Charles A.

This has to be one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen, not worst, weirdest. It needs to be edited badly. No it's just badly edited. What someone thought of as symbolic is just non-sensical. The story is of one family = father, mother, son and daughter. This stranger does all of them and they fall apart when he takes off. The only good thing about this movie is hearing Italian spoken. Otherwise skip it.

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    Vincent M.

    Pier Paolo Pasolini's films are typically disjointed and difficult to follow. Unlike Fellini and Bergman, who were artists in film making and editing, Pasolini - despite his fame - could never reach the heights reached by his fellow film makers, because the ability to weave a story was lacking. Many great films were made in vignette style, but Pasolini shows no common thread in his vignettes and no connecting theme.

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    Devin B.

    This is an art film, therefore it will drive the more linearly thinking mad. It's all about the various sorts of repression one might find in the home of a well-to-do middle class family (sexual, patriarchal, religious, etc.). Really, this is one for the cinephiles. If you aren't interested in film itself, the self-aware editing of the film won't do it for you. I, on the other hand, loved it. For fans of films like Daisies or the works of Werner Herzog and Alejandro Jodorowsky. -Devin.

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    GUSTAVO J.

    Werner Herzog films makes more sense. Teorema its very bad ,bad and I do like weird movies!

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