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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. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist and a political figure.
Pier Paolo Pasolini. Writer: The Decameron. Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written numerous novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954.
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- Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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- Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy
May 23, 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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- '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.
Celebrated the world over as one of the central figures of the postwar Italian cinema, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) is recognized in his native land as arguably the most important Italian artist and intellectual of the twentieth century.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Italian: Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma), billed on-screen as Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom on English-language prints and commonly referred to as simply Salò (Italian:), is a 1975 political drama art horror film directed and co-written by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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One of Italy’s most famous and controversial filmmakers, Pier Paolo Pasolini was also a novelist and poet. Born in Bologna to a military family that moved frequently, Pasolini began writing poetry at age seven, attended the University of Bologna, and was eventually drafted to serve in World War II;…
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