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Pier Paolo Pasolini
POET, WRITER, THINKER
Pasolini is not known only as a film maker. A prominent poet, writer and thinker who made his first feature film at the age of 40, he had previously written or co-written dialogue for several films, among them Fellini’s “Cabirian Nights” and Bertolucci’s “La Commare Secca”.
His directorial debut is the beautifully shot and simply directed “Accattone”
that tells the story of a young man trying to make some kind of living among the low-lifes
of Rome. Based on Pasolini’s own novel, the film is characterised by mesmerising
black and white photography and beautiful images inspired by various Renaissance
paintings. With this work and subsequent works he immediately attracted the attention of
the Church and the State. His third project “La Ricotta”, a medium-length film
about a film-crew filming “Christ’s Crucifixion” was banned, and Pasolini
was tried because of it.
His outspokenness and unconventional beliefs were always guaranteed to cause a reaction of
some kind. However, he persisted in his own strong and recognisable style and some real
masterpieces of cinematography followed: “The Passion According to St Matthew”,
filmed in the beautiful landscapes of the Middle East, ”Uccellacci e Uccellini”,
a comedy with Toto set in 60’s Italy, when Marxism and the Church were binary
opposites, and his films based on Greek mythology – “Oedipus Rex” and
“Medea”.
Towards the end of his fruitful career in cinema, he completed his unofficial trilogy
based on the Arabian Nights, The Decameron of Boccaccio and the Canterbury Tales by
Chaucer. His last film before being brutally murdered in mysterious circumstances – a
crime which remains unsolved to this day - was based on de Sade’s “Salo”
and he portrays the brutality and masochism of the upper classes and the aristocracy.
Dismissed by many as a completely awful and unwatchable film, it is nevertheless worth
seeing.
Thanks to Filmworld UK for the above information.
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