Arabian Nights

A typical puzzlement from Pasolini, a major figure who never made a major film.

…there’s plenty of pleasure watching regular Pasolini stars like Franco Citti or Ninetto Davoli give their usual lip-smacking performances, and the Iranian locations are absolutely stunning...

With Arabian Nights, Pier Paolo Pasolini achieves his most tender, fresh, and cheerful film. [Full Review in Spanish]

while Arabian Nights has its share of impressive vistas and narrative trickery, its fundamental emotional disconnect renders it inert--a beautiful bit of exotic fantasy that quickly dissipates

Though not emotionally involving, it's visually beautiful and the stories have a dazzling magical appeal.

A lyrical celebration of polymorphous sexuality.

The final film of the Trilogy of Life further develops Pasolini's notions of the relationship of narrative to an idealized medieval world.

Mildly erotic, slightly deranged, and beautifully entertaining, this is one of the Italian director's finest works.