Innocenti Totò (Totò) and his son Innocenti Ninetto (Ninetto Davoli) are drifting in a road in Italy, when they meet a Marxist speaking crow. The trio travels together in a long journey, but when hunger increases, the crow is simply eaten by the drifters.
"Uccellacci e Uccellini" is an original and critical surrealistic fable about the fate of the leftist ideology in the view of Pasolini. Although dated, the lead story is good, using the successful style of road-movie of the 50's explored by other Italian directors, like Fellini or Rossellini; but like a machine gun, Pasolini shots everywhere making the plot diffused, confused and sometimes boring. Totò has good performance, but Ninetto Davoli in his debut is very silly, with a forced smile on his face. The DVD released in Brazil by the minor Brazilian distributor Mediagroup is surprisingly good, presenting restored image and having lots of extras inclusive a documentary of 28 minutes running time about Pier Paolo Pasolini. There is a mistake in the Audio Menu: the 5.1 option shows indeed the movie with comments in Italian. But this minor mistake does not diminish the value of the Brazilian DVD. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "Gaviões e Passarinhos" ("Hawks and Sparrows")
"Uccellacci e Uccellini" is an original and critical surrealistic fable about the fate of the leftist ideology in the view of Pasolini. Although dated, the lead story is good, using the successful style of road-movie of the 50's explored by other Italian directors, like Fellini or Rossellini; but like a machine gun, Pasolini shots everywhere making the plot diffused, confused and sometimes boring. Totò has good performance, but Ninetto Davoli in his debut is very silly, with a forced smile on his face. The DVD released in Brazil by the minor Brazilian distributor Mediagroup is surprisingly good, presenting restored image and having lots of extras inclusive a documentary of 28 minutes running time about Pier Paolo Pasolini. There is a mistake in the Audio Menu: the 5.1 option shows indeed the movie with comments in Italian. But this minor mistake does not diminish the value of the Brazilian DVD. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "Gaviões e Passarinhos" ("Hawks and Sparrows")