directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini: 40th Anniversary
The Paper Flower Sequence, from the anthology film Love and
Anger (in collaboration with Bellocchio, Lizzani, Bertolucci and Godard) is
a reference to the Gospel parable called ‘The Barren Fig Tree,’ where Christ
strikes down a fig tree because it isn’t bearing fruit in March, although it
could hardly have known better. In the episode, Ninetto is shown happily
walking down the via Nazionale in Rome, while in superimposition there are
images of various things going on in the world, such as the bombing of Vietnam,
of which the man remains blissfully ignorant and unaware.