History Creator / PierPaoloPasolini

* ''Medea'' (1969)

* ''Accattone'' (1961)

His first feature was ''Accattone'', which had the same resonance in Italy as ''Film/MeanStreets'' did in America, it was shocking and scandalizing to see this non-judgmental, unsentimental vision of the poor which avoided the SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty by tilting firmly on the right side of the equation and showing the poverty with no varnish and much clarity. His later films continued in the same vein, including ''Film/TheGospelAccordingToStMatthew'' which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a film that, word-for-word adapts the first of four canonical gospels of the Life of Jesus. This was a surprising film for many reasons, since Pasolini was a noted atheist and this film on Jesus was played straight and very respectful and indeed embraced by the Church in Italy and Baptists in America's South, who would perhaps not admire Pasolini's sexual orientation.

Pasolini had a unique life. Put it simply, he was a Marxist, atheist, homosexual and an outsider in a macho Catholic society. The the -Stalinist Italian Communist Party (PCI) were too rigid for him and he pointed that out to them. So they chucked him out by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing him as gay]], which [[PersonaNonGrata cost him his job and his home]] and led him to go to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} where he lived and worked in [[TheCityNarrows the slums of the city]]. This, ironically enough, provided him the material for his poetry and his BreakthroughHit, the novel ''Ragazzi di Vita'' which attracted Creator/FedericoFellini's eye. The latter was working on a film, ''Nights of Cabiria'' and needed a writer who knew Rome's underbelly well, and this proved to be Pasolini's entry into movies.

Pasolini had a unique life. Put it simply, he was a Marxist, atheist, homosexual and an outsider in a macho Catholic society. The Italian Communist Party (PCI) were too corrupt for him and he pointed that out to them. So they chucked him out by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing him as gay]], which [[PersonaNonGrata cost him his job and his home]] and led him to go to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} where he lived and worked in [[TheCityNarrows the slums of the city]]. This, ironically enough, provided him the material for his poetry and his BreakthroughHit, the novel ''Ragazzi di Vita'' which attracted Creator/FedericoFellini's eye. The latter was working on a film, ''Nights of Cabiria'' and needed a writer who knew Rome's underbelly well, and this proved to be Pasolini's entry into movies.

Pasolini had a unique life. Put it simply, he was a Marxist, atheist, homosexual and an outsider in a macho Catholic society. The Italian Communist Party (PCI) were too corrupt for him and he pointed that out to them. So they chucked him out by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing him for being gay]], which [[PersonaNonGrata cost him his job, his home]] and led him to go to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} where he lived and worked in [[TheCityNarrows the slums of the city]]. This, ironically enough, provided him the material for his poetry and his BreakthroughHit, the novel ''Ragazzi di Vita'' which attracted Creator/FedericoFellini's eye. The latter was working on a film, ''Nights of Cabiria'' and needed a writer who knew Rome's underbelly well, and this proved to be Pasolini's entry into movies.

!! Filmography

* ''Accattone''
* ''Film/MammaRoma''
* ''La ricotta''
* ''Film/TheGospelAccordingToStMatthew''
* ''Film/TheHawksAndTheSparrows''
* ''Film/OedipusRex''
* ''Film/{{Teorema}}''
* ''Porcile''
* ''Medea''
* ''The Decameron''
* ''The Canterbury Tales''
* ''The Arabian Nights''
* ''Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom''

* ''Film/OedipusRex''

* ''The Decameron''

The notoriety was only increased by Pasolini's brutal murder just before the film's premier in circumstances that have never been fully resolved and remain highly contested today.

As a side note, it should be noted that the [[AlliterativeName triple alliteration]] of his name was apparently [[AwesomeMcCoolname so awesome]] that in his film ''The Hawks and the Sparrows'', which has credits set to song, the singer has a ball with that name.

Pier Paolo Pasolini (5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian film director, writer and poet. He also distinguished himself as an an intellectual, a scholar, a novelist, a philosopher, a critic and a journalist and he kept those careers side-by-side with his forays into filmmaking.

* ''Oedipus Rex''

* ''Mamma Roma''

Pier Paolo Pasolini (5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975). Say it aloud, [[AlliterativeName that triple alliteration]], that assonance, [[AwesomeMcCoolname so awesome is that name]], that in his film ''The Hawks and the Sparrows'' which has credits set to song, the singer has a ball with that name.

Pasolini is that rare figure in cinema, a classical RenaissanceMan who had a great career outside cinema. He was an intellectual, a scholar, a poet, a novelist, a philosopher, a critic and a journalist and he kept those careers side-by-side with his forays into film-making which were among the best, most ambitious films of the 60s and 70s. He also had a unique life. Put it simply, he was a Marxist, atheist, homosexual and an outsider in a macho Catholic society. The Italian Communist Party (PCI) were too corrupt for him and [[WhatTheHellHero he pointed that out to them]]. So [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset they chucked him out by outing him for being gay]], which [[PersonaNonGrata cost him his job, his home]] and led him to go to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} where he lived and worked in [[TheCityNarrows the slums of the city]]. This, ironically enough, provided him the material for his poetry and his BreakthroughHit, the novel ''Ragazzi di Vita'' which attracted Creator/FedericoFellini's eye. The latter was working on a film, ''Nights of Cabiria'' and needed a writer who knew Rome's underbelly well, and this proved to be Pasolini's entry into movies.

His first feature was ''Accattone'', which had the same resonance in Italy as ''Film/MeanStreets'' did in America, it was shocking and scandalizing to see this non-judgmental, unsentimental vision of the poor which avoided the SlidingScaleofShinyVersusGritty by tilting firmly on the right side of the equation and showing the poverty with no varnish and much clarity. His later films continued in the same vein, including ''Film/TheGospelAccordingToStMatthew'' which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a film that, word-for-word adapts the first of four canonical gospels of the Life of Jesus. This was a surprising film for many reasons, since Pasolini was a noted atheist and this film on Jesus was played straight and very respectful and indeed embraced by the Church in Italy and Baptists in America's South, who would perhaps not admire Pasolini's sexual orientation.

Pasolini's films after that became DarkerAndEdgier since he felt that consumerism was having a negative influence on the youth of Italy. This sparked a DespairEventHorizon that culminated in Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom, one of the most controversial films ever made.

* ''Teorema''

Pasolini is considered one of the greatest film-makers of the arthouse era, an inspiration for directors and artists around the world. He is also considered an important poet in the Italian language and a major philosopher and analyst of contemporary culture. In 2015, Abel Ferrara, directed a {{Biopic}} of the man (''Pasolini'') chronicling his last days. Creator/WillemDafoe plays the great auteur, [[http://www.sciclinews.com/immagini_pagine/1394398134_willem-dafoe-pasolini.jpg benefiting greatly from his uncanny resemblance]] to him.

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-> ''Terribly bright and gifted. Crazy mixed-up kid, maybe -– but on a very superior level. I mean Pasolini the poet, spoiled Christian, and Marxist ideologue. There’s nothing mixed up about him on a movie set. Real authority and a wonderfully free way with the machinery.''

Pasolini is that rare figure in cinema, a classical RenaissanceMan who had a great career outside cinema. He was an intellectual, a scholar, a poet, a novelist, a philosopher, a critic and a journalist and he kept those careers side-by-side with his forays into film-making which were among the best, most ambitious films of the 60s and 70s. He also had a unique life. Put it simply, he was a Marxist, atheist, homosexual and an outsider in a macho Catholic society. The Italian Communist Party (PCI) were too corrupt for him and [[WhatTheHellHero he pointed that out to them]]. So they chucked him out by outing him for being gay, which cost him his job, his home and led him to go to Rome where he lived and worked in the slums of the city. This provided him for the material for his poetry and his BreakthroughHit, the novel ''Ragazzi di Vita'' which attracted Creator/FedericoFellini's eye. The latter was working on a film, ''Nights of Cabiria'' and needed a writer who knew Rome's underbelly well, and this proved to be Pasolini's entry into movies.

His first feature was ''Accattone'', which had the same resonance in Italy as ''Film/MeanStreets'' did in America, it was shocking and scandalizing to see this non-judgmental, unsentimental vision of the poor which avoided the SlidingScaleofShinyVersusGritty by tilting firmly on the right side of the equation and showing the poverty with no varnish and much clarity. His later films continued in the same vein, including ''Film/The GospelAccordingToStMatthew'' which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a film that, word-for-word adapts the first of four canonical gospels of the Life of Jesus. This was a surprising film for many reasons, since Pasolini was a noted atheist and this film on Jesus was played straight and very respectful and indeed embraced by the Church in Italy and Baptists in America's South, who would perhaps not admire Pasolini's sexual orientation.

His first feature was ''Accattone'', which had the same resonance in Italy as ''Film/MeanStreets'' did in America, it was shocking and scandalizing to see this non-judgmental, unsentimental vision of the poor which avoided the SlidingScaleofShinyVersusGritty by tilting firmly on the right side of the equation and showing the poverty with no varnish and much clarity. His later films continued in the same vein, including ''The Gospel According to Saint Mathew'' which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a film that, word-for-word adapts the first of four canonical gospels of the Life of Jesus. This was a surprising film for many reasons, since Pasolini was a noted atheist and this film on Jesus was played straight and very respectful and indeed embraced by the Church in Italy and Baptists in America's South, who would perhaps not admire Pasolini's sexual orientation.

Pier Paolo Pasolini (5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975). Say it aloud, that triple alliteration, that assonance, so awesome is that name, that in his film ''The Hawks and the Sparrows'' which has credits set to song, the singer has a ball with that name.