The Earth Seen from the Moon (From: The Witches)(La Terra vista dalla luna [Le streghe])
Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Italy, 1967, Italian, 30mins, DCP
Cast: Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Silvana Mangano
Combining the Chaplinesque style and rhythm of silent comedy with a bright, playful colour palette, Pasolini crafts a surreal tale featuring a father and his son, whose search for a replacement of his deceased wife and mother has no luck until they find a mysterious deaf mute greenhaired woman, and discover that to be dead or alive is the same thing. Screening with Hawks and Sparrows.
