#la pelle

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[sacredwhores]

Liliana Cavani - The Skin (1981)

[dozydawn]

“Alexandra King on the set of Italian director Liliana Cavani's movie La Pelle, based on Catherine Breillat's scenario and Curzio Malaparte's 1949 novel.”

Photographed by Fabián Cevallos, 1981.

[valentina-lauricella]

Mangerei la terra, masticherei i sassi, ingoierei lo sterco, tradirei mia madre, pur di aiutare un uomo, o un animale, a non soffrire. La morte non mi fa paura: non la odio, non mi disgusta, non è, in fondo, cosa che mi riguarda. Ma la sofferenza la odio, e più quella degli altri, uomini o animali, che non la mia. Sono disposto a tutto, a qualunque vigliaccheria, a qualunque eroismo, pur di non far soffrire un essere umano, pur di aiutare un uomo a non soffrire, a morire senza dolore.

(Curzio Malaparte)

[ohmelinoe]

La pelle (1981), dir. Liliana Cavani

The star-crossed lovers: "The Virgin of Naples” & Lieutenant Jimmy Wren

[umbraldame]

Over the weekend I watched Liliana Cavani's 1981 film La Pelle (The Skin.) It stirred up quite a few mixed emotions that I just had to put to paper (so to speak). Apologies for the rambling stream of conscious type review. I will keep this as vague and spoiler free as possible if anyone wants to experience this movie for themselves. Fair warning this blurb contains mention of sexual violence, murder, and cannibalism.

On the surface it was a World War 2 film about the American Army's fifth battalion coming into Southern Italy on the warpath to Rome and treating the city and its citizens as its playground. At first their arrival is celebrated by the people but the longer they stay the more the Americans take and take. Take their woman as exotic sex trophies, take food and resources out of the mouths of starving war torn civilians, and take their very lives. I'd say the thesis would be that the Italian people were treated like meat for the American GI's to consume. Flesh for fucking, flesh for eating, its all the same.

While definitely in the same vein as a 70's exploitation film with its fair share of racism and unsettling underage sexualization (possibly, I was unable to confirm the actresses age at the time of filming) the absurd and jarring imagery and themes served the tone and messaging of the film. This movie definitely got under my skin (pun intended) and really made me face head on my americanized understanding of our involvement in this "noble war" and our tendency to paint ourselves as the world's heroes. Worth a watch but be prepared for an uncomfortable experience.

[burtlancster]

i haven't watched la pelle (1981) yet but the letter liliana cavani wrote to fishgall gushing about burt makes me so excited like the night porter (1974) was incredible so i have high expectations...

also the leopard had a huge impact on italian filmmakers' opinions of burt as a performer and i think cavani's one of them lmao:

[tulipanegraa]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝙼e gusta ver l𝚊 𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚊 coqueteandoㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤcon 𝚎l 𝚜𝚘𝚕 ... ㅤㅤ私に似ています 。

ㅤㅤㅤ 私はパニック状態だ — 𝚀ue 𝚖𝚊𝚕ditoㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚛 𝚙latónico !

[diioonysus]

women in art: salome

[falsenote]

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)

[sacredwhores]

Liliana Cavani - The Skin (1981)

[carlyraejepsans]

È MORTO. È MORTO. PUTTANIERE PEDOFILO BASTARDO FASCISTA DI MERDA SEI MORTO PURE TU.

[moodforneptune]

A Woman in a Lizard's Skin (1971) dir. Lucio Fulci

[madamemaximoff06]

The 4 most attractive characters from the “Lords of Chaos” movie:

And you can’t change my mind

[lotussgrl]

institut francais de la mode master of arts by marion pelle - 2024

[teenagedirtstache]