Ro.go.pa.g.(1963) Guide

On the set of a film about the Crucifixion (starring Orson Welles as the director), a starving extra named Stracci finally gets enough food to eat but dies of indigestion while filming his scene on the cross .

Rossellini examines the intersection of technology (video) and psychological obsession, critiquing how modern media can distort human relationships. 2. "Il Nuovo Mondo" (The New World) Director: Jean-Luc Godard

(1963) is a landmark Italian-French anthology film that brings together four of the most influential directors of the 1960s. Its title is an acronym formed from the first letters of their surnames: Ro ssellini, Go dard, Pa solini, and G regoretti . Ro.Go.Pa.G.(1963)

Typical of Godard’s French New Wave style, this segment uses a sci-fi premise to comment on the dehumanizing alienation of the Cold War era . 3. "La Ricotta" (Curd Cheese) Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Set in a Paris where an atomic explosion has occurred high in the atmosphere, a man notices the people around him—including his girlfriend—have begun to act with a strange, detached logic . On the set of a film about the

Despite being over 60 years old, its themes of media obsession and consumerist alienation are still strikingly relevant . Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) - IMDb

This is the most famous segment. Pasolini was charged with blasphemy and given a four-month suspended sentence for his portrayal of the scene . It remains a powerful critique of the class divide and the commercialization of religion . Il Pollo Ruspante " (Free-Range Chicken) Director: Ugo Gregoretti "Il Nuovo Mondo" (The New World) Director: Jean-Luc

A middle-class family attempts to follow the modern "rules" of consumerism, guided by the dehumanizing instructions of a speaker at a marketing convention .