Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)

Directors:

Jean-Luc Godard
Ugo Gregoretti
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Writers:

Jean-Luc Godard (segment)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (segment)
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Release Date:

19 February 1963 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Gay beginnings of the end of the world.

Plot:

This consists of four short films by different directors. Rosselini's 'Chastity' ('Illibatezza') deals...

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Cross | Post Apocalypse | Stewardess | Apocalypse

Cast

Rosanna Schiaffino	...	Anna Maria (segment "Illibatezza")
Bruce Balaban	...	Joe (segment "Illibatezza")
Maria Pia Schiaffino	...	Air hostess (segment "Illibatezza")
Jean-Marc Bory	...	Husband (segment "Il nuovo mondo") (as Jean Marc Bory)
Alexandra Stewart	...	Alexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
Orson Welles	...	The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
Mario Cipriani	...	Stracci / Good Thief (segment "La ricotta")
Laura Betti	...	The 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
Edmonda Aldini	...	Another diva (segment "La ricotta")
Ettore Garofolo	...	Angel (segment "La ricotta")
Ugo Tognazzi	...	Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Lisa Gastoni	...	Togni's wife (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Ricky Tognazzi	...	The son (segment "Il pollo ruspante") (as Riky Tognazzi)
Antonella Taito	...	The daughter (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Bernardini	...	Stripteaser (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Elsa De Giorgi	...	Productor's Wife (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Michel Delahaye	...	(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited)
Rossana Di Rocco	...	Stracci's Daughter (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Jean-André Fieschi	...	(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited)
Vittorio La Paglia	...	The Journalist (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
André S. Labarthe	...	(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (voice) (uncredited)
Tomas Milian	...	Centurione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Franca Pasut	...	Visitor (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Gianrico Tedeschi	...	The psichiatrist (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited)
Carlo Zappavigna	...	Carlo - Anna-Maria's boyfriend (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited)

Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard		(segment "Il nuovo mondo")
Ugo Gregoretti		(segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Pier Paolo Pasolini		(segment "La ricotta")
Roberto Rossellini		(segment "Illibatezza")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Luc Godard		segment "Il nuovo mondo"
Ugo Gregoretti		segment "Il pollo ruspante"
Pier Paolo Pasolini		segment "La ricotta"
Roberto Rossellini		segment "Illibatezza"

Produced by
Alberto Barsanti	....	producer
Alfredo Bini	....	producer
Angelo Rizzoli	....	producer

Original Music by
Carlo Rustichelli

Cinematography by
Mario Bernardo		(segment "Pollo ruspante, Il")
Tonino Delli Colli		(segment "La ricotta")
Jean Rabier		(segment "Nuovo mondo, Il")
Luciano Trasatti		(segment "Illibatezza")

Film Editing by
Nino Baragli		(segment "La ricotta")
Agnès Guillemot		(segment "Il nuovo mondo")

Costume Design by
Danilo Donati

Makeup Department
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Eliseo Boschi	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles L. Bitsch	....	assistant director (as Charles Bitsch)
Sergio Citti	....	assistant director
Carlo Di Carlo	....	assistant director
Renzo Rossellini	....	assistant director

Other crew
Flavio Mogherini	....	film set
Giorgio Bassani	....	voice dubbing: Orson Welles (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Arco Film
• Cineriz
• Societé Cinématographique Lyre (co-production)

Distributors

• Cineriz (Italy) (theatrical)
• Eureka Entertainment (2012) (UK) (DVD) (DVD & Blu-ray Release)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD) (segment)
• Kino Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Medusa Home Entertainment (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
• Pioneer LDC (1999) (Japan) (DVD)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

122 min | Portugal:85 min (heavily cut) | France:111 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Portugal:17 (censored) | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | UK:12 (original rating)

Company:

Arco Film

Trivia:

Orson Welles, who portrays a director directing a Biblical epic in this film's 'La Ricotta' story, ironically had earlier directed himself in his own scenes in an actual Biblical epic, David and Goliath (1960). Welles, who portrays a king in the Biblical epic David and Goliath (1960), also narrates another Biblical epic about the King of kings, King of Kings (1961). Welles even narrates a portion of the Biblical work The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979) as well.

Quotes:

Narrator:The city hadn't changed, but Alessandra had. And I didn't know it yet.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Come si fa a non amare Pier Paolo Pasolini - Appunti per un film sull'immondezza (2005)

Fair anthology but see it for Pasolini's "La ricotta"

In all, RoGoPaG is not a great film, but Pier Paolo Pasolini's segment, "La ricotta", is one of the controversial Italian director's best film alogside his "Momma Roma", "Accatone", "Teorema", and (many others will disagree and appalled with this) "Salo". It works as a parody on Hollywood-styled religious epics, false religious faith, harsh life of the lower class, and revelation on the bitterness of life as an outsider (with Orson Welles playing a director and with his reading of Pasolini's poem from "Momma Roma" to a reporter who cared nothing but useless interviews). It's a multi-layered film, but is also enjoyable. (As a footnote, the segment was condemned by the Italian Catholic church and the entire film was held from release until the segment was edited slightly. It is not, however, in any way, blasphemous.)