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La Rabbia (1963)

La Rabbia (1963)

Documentary
Release Date: 1963, April 13
Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giovannino Guareschi
Countries: Italy
Production: Opus Films, Opus Films
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Charles de Gaulle, Yuri Gagarin, Paul VI, John XXIII., Pope Pius XII

Overview:

Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existential question, Why are our lives characterized by discontent, anguish, and fear? The film is in two completely separate parts, and the directors of these respective sections, left-wing Pier Paolo Pasolini and conservative Giovanni Guareschi, offer the viewer contrasting analyses of and prescriptions for modern society. Part I, by Pasolini, is a denunciation of the offenses of Western culture, particularly those against colonized Africa. 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 era. Guareschi's part, by contrast, constitutes a defense of Western civilization and a word of hope, couched in traditional Christian terms, for man's future.