The Hawks and the Sparrows

The Hawks and the Sparrows
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item number:  3633C
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DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Originally Released: 1964
  • Label: Water Bearer Films

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Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh77%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 13

Upright85%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 860
HAWKS AND SPARROWS sets its waywardly whimsical tone from the start with its sung opening credits and continues with regular speeded-up slapstick interludes...
Sight and Sound
Sep 1, 2012
Rating: B- -- For the birds. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Apr 25, 2013
A sort of Marxist Hellzapoppin, politicized vaudeville and skittery poesy, an open structure overflowing with gags and ideas Full Review
CinePassion
Feb 13, 2010
Rating: 3.5/5 -- The genial, humorous and compassionate way in which these generalizations are conveyed, with the wonderful Italian clown, Toto, and Ninetto Davoli playing the father and son, is so lively and fascinating, so primitive and droll. Full Review
New York Times
May 9, 2005
The crow's performance is the best thing in it. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
This film has limited appeal for any social class and is therefore almost a total loss. Full Review
Los Angeles Free Press
Jan 8, 2020
Rating: 3/4 -- A whimsical fantasy about Christianity and Marxism; the question is left open as to whether Pasolini believes in either, or neither. Not that it matters much, Pasolini seems to say. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 24, 2004

Product Description:

Pasolini's fanciful, philosophical fable about a father (Italian clown Toto) and son (Nino Davoli) whose encounter with a talking crow catapults them along a satirical journey of knowledge about the two pillars of modern Italian life--the Church and Marxism.

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  • UPC: 759259140394
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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