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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.
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.
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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Aug 24, 2024 · One man’s unending mission to solve the mysterious and brutal killing of the Italian film director. Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1971 © Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
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.
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A comprehensive biography and filmography of Pier Paolo Pasolini, an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Explore his versatile and controversial works, from Accattone to Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.
