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Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian: [ˈpjɛr ˈpaːolo pazoˈliːni]; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, film director, writer, actor and playwright.
Dec 5, 2023 · As such, his portrayal of Paul is blasphemy, and Pasolini sent this screenplay to Don Emilio Cordero, head of Sampaolo Films, a Catholic film company charged with making religious movies in...
Dec 5, 2023 · Pasolini’s Paul reaches further than the mere figure of Paul. With Paul, he offers an iconoclast to almost any construal of the Church. As an iconoclast, Paul in Pasolini’s vision does appropriate the role of revolutionary, not unlike Pasolini himself.
Jun 26, 2014 · A 17-year-old rent boy was charged with the killing – a homosexual tryst gone murderously wrong. Or was Pasolini the victim of a political hit? His presumed killer turned out to be affiliated to Italy’s neo-fascist party; the verdict is still open. Pasolini was 53.
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- 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' (1964) While it might not be one of the most popular Italian movies of all time, many will point to Pasolini's The Gospel According to St. Matthew as one of the all-time great Italian films.
- 'Mamma Roma' (1962) One year after Accattone, Pasolini followed it up with a film often viewed as even better. That film is 1962's Mamma Roma, which follows a middle-aged woman who used to work as a prostitute using the money she's saved to start a new chapter in her life, but finds her past and strained relationship with her son making that easier said than done.
- 'Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom' (1975) Of every Pasolini film, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, is easily the most well-known and has achieved a level of notoriety that means many who've never heard of Pasolini as a director have still likely heard of this film.
- 'Love Meetings' (1964) Beyond feature films, Pier Paolo Pasolini also made a collection of short films and documentary features. Of the latter, Love Meetings is perhaps his most widely celebrated and well-known, and given he could make great documentaries alongside non-documentaries, it's worth highlighting at least one.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Italian: Il vangelo secondo Matteo, lit. 'The Gospel according to Matthew') is a 1964 epic biblical drama film in the Italian neorealist style, written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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Pier Paolo Pasolini (born March 5, 1922, Bologna, Italy—died Nov. 2, 1975, Ostia, near Rome) was an Italian motion-picture director, poet, and novelist, noted for his socially critical, stylistically unorthodox films.
