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Pier Paolo Pasolini(1922-1975)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Actor
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
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. His first film Accattone (1961) was based on his own novel and its violent depiction of the life of a pimp in the slums of Rome caused a sensation. He was arrested in 1962 when his contribution to the portmanteau film Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) was considered blasphemous and given a suspended sentence. It might have been expected that his next film, The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) (The Gospel According to St. Matthew), which presented the Biblical story in a totally realistic, stripped-down style, would cause a similar fuss but, in fact, it was rapturously acclaimed as one of the few honest portrayals of Christ on screen. Its original Italian title pointedly omitted the Saint in St. Matthew). Pasolini's film career would then alternate distinctly personal and often scandalously erotic adaptations of classic literary texts: Oedipus Rex (1967) (Oedipus Rex); The Decameron (1971); The Canterbury Tales (1972) (The Canterbury Tales); Arabian Nights (1974) (Arabian Nights), with his own more personal projects, expressing his controversial views on Marxism, atheism, fascism and homosexuality, notably Teorema (1968) (Theorem), Pigsty and the notorious Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), a relentlessly grim fusion of Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy with the 'Marquis de Sade' which was banned in Italy and many other countries for several years. Pasolini was murdered in still-mysterious circumstances shortly after completing the film.
BornMarch 5, 1922
DiedNovember 2, 1975(53)
BornMarch 5, 1922
DiedNovember 2, 1975(53)
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 23 wins & 24 nominations total

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Federico Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini in Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato (2000)
Pier Paolo Pasolini in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Graziella Granata, and Antonella Lualdi in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Graziella Granata, and Antonella Lualdi in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia, and Cesare Musatti in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia, and Cesare Musatti in Love Meetings (1964)
Pier Paolo Pasolini in Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

Known for

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1975
The Decameron (1971)
The Decameron
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1971
Oedipus Rex (1967)
Oedipus Rex
7.3
  • Writer
  • 1967
Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Nights of Cabiria
8.1
  • Writer
  • 1957

Credits

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Writer

  • Still Fireflies (2019)
    Still Fireflies
    • excerpts
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Pílades
    • play
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Roland Wounded (2013)
    Roland Wounded
    • texts
    • 2013
  • Love Flesh (2011)
    Love Flesh
    • texts
    • 2011
  • La rabbia di Pasolini (2008)
    La rabbia di Pasolini
    • commentary
    • 2008
  • 'Na specie de cadavere lunghissimo
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Orgía (2002)
    Orgía
    • play
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Una disperata vitalità
    • poems
    • 1999
  • Le bassin de J.W. (1997)
    Le bassin de J.W.
    • text "Descriptions de descriptions"
    • 1997
  • Il pratone del casilino
    • novel "Petrolio"
    • Short
    • 1996
  • L'intesa (1995)
    L'intesa
    • story
    • 1995
  • L'altro enigma
    • story
    • TV Movie
    • 1988
  • Die Leiche wurde nie gefunden (1985)
    Die Leiche wurde nie gefunden
    • play
    • TV Movie
    • 1985
  • Mulheres... Mulheres (1981)
    Mulheres... Mulheres
    • story "Morire d'Amore"
    • 1981
  • Calderon
    • play "Calderon"
    • 1981

Director

  • La rabbia di Pasolini (2008)
    La rabbia di Pasolini
    • Director
    • 2008
  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
    Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Arabian Nights (1974)
    Arabian Nights
    • Director
    • 1974
  • The Canterbury Tales (1972)
    The Canterbury Tales
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini in 12 dicembre (1972)
    12 dicembre
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • The Decameron (1971)
    The Decameron
    • Director
    • 1971
  • The Walls of Sana'a (1971)
    The Walls of Sana'a
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1971
  • Appunti per un romanzo sull'immondezza (1970)
    Appunti per un romanzo sull'immondezza
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini in Appunti per un'Orestiade africana (1970)
    Appunti per un'Orestiade africana
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Maria Callas in Medea (1969)
    Medea
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Porcile (1969)
    Porcile
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Nino Castelnuovo in Amore e rabbia (1969)
    Amore e rabbia
    • Director (segment La sequenza del fiore di carta)
    • 1969
  • Terence Stamp and Silvana Mangano in Teorema (1968)
    Teorema
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Appunti per un film sull'India (1968)
    Appunti per un film sull'India
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1968
  • Walter Chiari, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Totò, and Ira von Fürstenberg in Caprice Italian Style (1968)
    Caprice Italian Style
    • Director (segment Che cosa sono le nuvole?)
    • 1968

Actor

  • S.P.Q.R.
    • 1972
  • The Canterbury Tales (1972)
    The Canterbury Tales
    • Geoffrey Chaucer
    • 1972
  • The Decameron (1971)
    The Decameron
    • Allievo di Giotto (as P.P. Pasolini)
    • 1971
  • Oedipus Rex (1967)
    Oedipus Rex
    • High Priest (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Requiescant (1967)
    Requiescant
    • Don Juan
    • 1967
  • The Hunchback of Rome (1960)
    The Hunchback of Rome
    • Monco
    • 1960
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • P.P. Pasolini
  • Height
    • 5′ 5¾″ (1.67 m)
  • Born
    • March 5, 1922
    • Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • Died
    • November 2, 1975
    • Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy(homicide)
  • Parents
      Carlo Alberto Pasolini
  • Relatives
    • Nico Naldini(Cousin)
  • Other works
    Book of poems: "Poesie a Casarsa"
  • Publicity listings
    • 16 Biographical Movies
    • 5 Print Biographies
    • 11 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

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  • Trivia
    Son of a soldier who became famous for saving Benito Mussolini's life. Ironically, Pasolini was a strong anti-fascist.
  • Quotes
    The mark which has dominated all my work is the longing for life, this sense of exclusion, which doesn't lessen, but augments this love of life.
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