Pier Paolo Pasolini


  • Date of Birth: 05 March, 1922
  • Place of Birth: Bologna, Italy
  • Biography: Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer. Pasolini distinguished himself as a journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, in the process... Read more

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In 1962 the Italian poet, novelist and cinema immortal Pier Paolo Pasolini talked for the first time about a movie he was about to begin, a work he called an "essay in film journalism," titled "La Rabbia" ( "Rage" ). ... Full Article

THE art houses of the 1970s were filled with images of sexual transgression, gradually increasing in intensity: Bernardo Bertolucci 's "Last Tango in Paris" (1972), Dusan Makavejev's "Sweet Movie" (1974), Pier Paolo Pasolini 's "Salò, or the 120 Days of... ... Full Article

My master's master is also my own.We can only approach Criterion's re-release of Pasolini's 1975 masterwork (or final provocation, depending on the perspective) with fear and trembling. ... Full Article

By BRUCE BENNETT | August 26, 2008 COMMENT | SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Sal, or the 120 Days of Sodom" contains some of the most repellent and disturbing imagery ever put on film and was instantly ... Full Article

"SAL, OR the 120 Days of Sodom," the final film by Pier Paolo Pasolini, owes its considerable notoriety not just to the unrelenting parade of degradation and torture that it serves up on screen but also to an unfortunately resonant ... Full Article

Makes Roku Worth the PriceThere are thousands of possible reasons why someone who already has a Netflix subscription would chunk over the very reasonable price of $99 for the Roku device that will allow you to watch the videos available... ... Full Article

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