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A comprehensive biography of the Italian poet, film director, writer, and intellectual, who was a controversial and influential public figure in 20th-century Italy. Learn about his early life, artistic works, political views, and mysterious death.
Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pier Paolo Pasolini (Bologna, 5 marzo 1922 – Ostia, 2 novembre 1975 [1] [2]) è stato un poeta, scrittore, regista, sceneggiatore, attore e drammaturgo italiano, considerato tra i maggiori intellettuali italiani del Novecento.
IMDb provides an overview of the life and work of Pier Paolo Pasolini, a controversial Italian writer, director and actor. Learn about his literary adaptations, political views, personal projects and tragic death.
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- Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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- Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Jeremy Urquhart
- Senior Author
- '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.
Jul 5, 2024 · 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.
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A retrospective of the Italian filmmaker's thirteen features and his most important shorts, covering his diverse and influential career from neorealism to myth and allegory. Learn about Pasolini's life, style, politics and legacy as a writer, poet, critic and activist.
A retrospective of the Italian poet and filmmaker's work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Explore his life, art, and politics, from his Catholic Marxist identity to his inventive forms and scandalous themes.