Pier Paolo Pasolini\'s Medea Pier

Pier Paolo Pasolini's Medea

Pier Paolo Pasolini's motion picture Medea puts across an account inspired from Euripides' tragedy with the same name. The film is mainly meant to put across the power associated with a woman who feels abandoned and has no solution but to employ a vindictive attitude as she realizes that all of her dreams are gradually being destroyed. What is impressive about Pasolini's perspective concerning the Ancient Greek play is that he sees it as a documentary providing information concerning events that preceded Jason's meeting with Medea. This is likely to be done with the purpose of having viewers better acquainted with the circumstances of the love affair between the two central characters.

One of the most intriguing aspects about the film is that it contains very little dialogue. This is likely to be meant to influence viewers to look beyond the obvious with the purpose of acknowledging more complex messages that the motion picture is intended to put across. While most viewers are likely to be bored during the first minutes of the film, and, similar to Jason, to feel sleepy, the motion picture compensates through the complexity of this scene. Viewers are practically presented with an intriguing centaur who appears to be a type of teacher purposed to teach Jason with regard to his background and with the attitudes that he needs to employ in order to be successful throughout life.

Although she is living alongside of barbarians, Medea's character is much more complex, as she is able to put across elaborate thinking and as she is even willing to do everything in her power in order to fight for the cause she believes in. While barbarians mainly use actions to put across their thinking, Medea uses emotions and this makes it possible for viewers to come to appreciate her personality and her strength of will.

It is actually difficult to think of Medea as being a barbarian, in spite of her origins. The character appears to be perfectly able to think rationally and is, in contrast to other barbarians in the film, sensible with regard with other people's interests. It is not until the moment when she realizes that she has been betrayed that Medea comes to resort to returning to her origins. She takes on barbarian attitudes and she harshly reacts to anyone who stands in her way, virtually demonstrating that she can really be barbaric.