La Rabbia (1963)

• 73%
• 1963
• Dokumentarfilm
• Giorgio Bassani
• Renato Guttuso
• Gigi Artuso

"Die Wut" verwendet documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by unzufriedenheit, anguish and fear? The film is in two completely separate parts, and the directors of these jeweiligen sections, left-wing Pier Paolo Pasolini and conservative Giovanni Guareschi, offer the viewer contrasting and analyses of prescriptions for modern society. Part I by Pasolini, is a denunciation of the offenses of Western culture, particularly those against colonized Afrika. It is at the same time a chronicle of the liberation and independence of the former African colonies, portraying these peoples as the new protagonists of the world stage holding up Marxism as their "salvation"," and suggesting that their "innocent ferocity" will be the new religion of the war. Guareschi' 's part, by contrast, constitutes a defense of Western civilization and a word of hope, couched in traditional Christian terms, for man' s...