I honestly admit that this film was not easy for me. But I believe that the only intention of director was to express language more beautiful and therefore with more power and suggestion. And I think this is why Pasolini is Pasolini and not Spielberg. There are three important pillars in this society that converts, under Pasolini's view, our existence in corruption: capitalism, Burgess and catholic religion. Somebody has already talked about the first (Burgess is a consequence) but I didn't heard anything yet of catholic religion. The second history (dream of the first?) ends up by dogs eating bodies of those men who first were forced to kiss the cross. Julian died devoured by pigs. Both had follow opposite ways of compromise but both died because of the beasts. What I understand is that even if Julian had followed second history (...I killed my father, I ate human flesh...) cannibalism of these powers would have defeated him. The role of the priests in second history is just to denounce the intolerance, hypocrisy and aim of power and control of Catholic religion.
