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The Canterbury Tales
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories. A host of passionate lovers unite for a glorious, sometimes unexpected journey through Chaucer's medieval England.
5 December 1940, Brynmawr, South Wales, UK
18 August 1946, Cape Town, South Africa
20 January 1934, Liverpool, England, UK
11 March 1940, Fulham, London, England, UK
3 January 1920, Morro Velho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10 October 1911, Keoma, Alberta, Canada
23 April 1935, Rome, Lazio, Italy
24 April 1924, Rimini, Italy
5 March 1922, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
28 March 1949, Santa Monica, California, USA
1 May 1927, Casalecchio di Reno, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
14 January 1939, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
11 February 1918, Dover, Kent, England, UK
5 March 1934, Banstead, Surrey, England, UK
April 28, 2004
Robust and smart, much like its more expansive source material.
April 14, 2004
In contrast to the Italy of Pasolini's Decameron, the England of The Canterbury Tales is much more harsh in its treatment of vice of all kinds.
January 04, 2013
the brash, arguably campy manner in which Pasolini transcribes Chaucer's medieval bawdiness to the screen, coupled with the film's various technical faults (particularly the lousy dubbed dialogue), tends to make the film a chore to watch.
October 23, 2007
After the formidable commercial success of his bawdy Decameron, Pier Pasolini applied the same formula to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales with somewhat less appealing results.
May 24, 2003
It can be hard going at times, especially with the post-production dubbing of sound and the blank, detached acting Pasolini demanded, but it also contains some very funny and superbly-shot sequences.
October 23, 2007
If Pasolini had something more than grubby fantasy on his mind -- and presumably he did -- it isn't immediately apparent.
