The field of Casilino

Pier Paolo Pasolinis voice introduces a monologue featuring Carlo the poets alter ego set in a desert space with an almost lunar appearance an expanse of sand under a starry sky The man stages a sort of erotic liturgy bordering on selfdestructive anxiety he will offer himself to twenty hustler street boys before a spectacular sunset which recalls the strong colors of Sirk or Kazan melodramas puts an end to the whole affair