3 things about Marco Bellocchio’s FISTS IN THE POCKET

Fists in the Pocket [1965]

1. Immediately after killing her, he says a prayer for her soul.
2. A cocktail party in a brightly lit villa with whitewashed walls.
3. “Where have you been for thirty minutes?”
“I was with a whore.”

For some reason I just could not connect with this movie. I found it alternately boring, heavy-handed, and obvious. Though, oddly enough, there were things about it that reminded me of Wes Anderson …

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