1966 · comedy · allegory · fable
Hawks and Sparrows
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini1h 30m1966
A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.
Our read: Hawks and Sparrows (1966) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive comedy · allegory · fable entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / allegory, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- inventive
- signature
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