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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 (1922–1975) was an Italian writer and film director. Pages in category "Films directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Italian: Il vangelo secondo Matteo) is a 1964 epic biblical drama film, written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.It is a cinematic rendition of the story of Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew, from the Nativity through the Resurrection.
Medea is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the ancient myth of Medea.The film stars opera singer Maria Callas in her only film role and is largely a faithful portrayal of the myth of Jason and the Argonauts and the events of Euripides' play Medea.
Accattone ([akkatˈto:ne], lit. "vagabond", "scrounger" [1] [2]) is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.It was Pasolini's first film as a director and premiered at the Venice Film Festival. [3]
[4] Pasolini's father Carlo Alberto Pasolini was a lieutenant in the Italian army and had a prominent Fascist leaning. The film can be seen as a sharp rebuke of Pasolini's own father and the militaristic, bourgeois Italy he had born into. [3] Another theme is the guilt of innocence, a reversal of original sin. Oedipus is aware of a problem in ...
As with his previous two films, The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales , Arabian Nights is an adaptation of several erotic tales from the near east. Pasolini was much more positive and optimistic with his Trilogy of Life than he was with his earlier films. He was notoriously adversarial and his films often touched on depressing themes.
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 [3] and commonly referred to as simply Salò (Italian:), is a 1975 political art horror film directed and co-written by Pier Paolo Pasolini.