The film was born during the economic boom in Italy, between the end of World War II and 1963.
After World War II ended in 1945, Italy began a period of brilliant economic development.
The coexistence of speed, madness, extravagance and poverty has also exacerbated the gap between the rich and the poor between the north and the south, and even the bottom of the same city is suffering.
In the film Cabiria says she lives somewhere on the road to Ostia. Ostia is located by the sea and is also where Pasolini was found dead. His cemetery is located here quietly, lonely and silent, but the surrounding is desolate and uninhabited, and the grass is overgrown, as if it has long been forgotten by the world.
Controversial and incomprehensible, like all the lower classes are to the upper classes.
When PPP was added to the script he created, he obviously had his own personal views.
Standing in the same position as the bottom, in the face of the economic take-off after World War II, we expressed our concerns and opposition.
The performance of the hypnotist in the theater is even more chilling today. They blinded the eyes of the people with fairy tales of wealth, and dominated all people's emotions and behaviors.
However, when he first woke up from the dream, he realized that he had done something absurd. It's all illusion, it's all vanity.
Many poor and desperate people in the church made desperate calls for help, who could not be moved by this?
However, compared with illusory beliefs, the poor and the bottom obviously need more material support. The church has been corrupt for many years. In such an environment, it is used to show people's compassion and cover for its own greed. This kind of greed does not Nothing is better than capitalism.
And in the end Maria, yes, her name was Maria, the same name as the Virgin, but she lived a miserable life. As she walked back to the road from the edge of the cliff, the singing of a group of young children reminded me of the phrase Pasolini once wrote in one of the poems, "They repeat the old ballad."
Because of naivety, they are deceived, and the erosion of capitalism has made society not allow the bottom to turn over. They can only repeat this naive song from generation to generation, repeating their tragic fate. Just like the repeatedly deceived Maria.
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