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Jan 29, 2021 · This video is an introduction to the pilgrims of Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
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- Irfan Hussain
All the stories are linked to the arrival of a group of pilgrims at Canterbury, among whom is the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, played by Pasolini himself. Prologue ( General Prologue ) : The film credits roll as the traditional ballad Ould Piper plays over top, about an elderly piper from Ballymoney who dies and is sent to Hell where he annoys the ...
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Mar 26, 2021 · The five guildsmen include a haberdasher, carpenter, weaver, dyer, and tapester. Representing an emerging middle class, all of them are clothed in the same distinctive guildsman's dress. None ...
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Mar 7, 2018 · 19. 426 views 5 years ago. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote "The Canterbury Tales" between 1387 and 1400. It tells the story of a group of thirty people from all walks of life who travel as pilgrims...
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- raymondcrooke
An added narrative for the short movie.
Eight of Geoffrey Chaucer’s lusty tales come to life on-screen in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s gutsy and delirious The Canterbury Tales, which was shot in England and offers a remarkably earthy re-creation of the medieval era. From the story of a nobleman struck blind after marrying a much younger and promiscuous bride to a climactic trip to a ...
May 3, 2019 · (1971) Pasolini, as a Chaucer stand-in, accompanies a group of Canterbury-bound pilgrims who speed their journey by telling each other earthy tales – a rich old man (Tom Jones’ Hugh Griffin) is deceived by his much-younger wife (Josephine Chaplin, daughter of Charlie); a pitiless seller of indulgences meets his match in a diabolic stranger ...
