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Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. He is best known for his films The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Teorema (1968), and Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975). He was also a prolific writer of poetry, novels, and essays. Pasolini was born in Bologna, Italy, on March 5, 1922. He was the son of a wealthy Italian army officer and a schoolteacher. He studied literature and philosophy at the University of Bologna, and later worked as a schoolteacher and journalist. Pasolini began his career as a poet and novelist in the 1950s. His first novel, Ragazzi di Vita (1955), was a semi-autobiographical work about the lives of young people in Rome. His poetry collections include Poesie a Casarsa (1956) and La religione del mio tempo (1961). In the early 1960s, Pasolini began making films. His first feature film, Accattone (1961), was a stark portrayal of the lives of the poor in Rome. His next film, The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), was a critical and commercial success. He followed this with Teorema (1968), a surreal exploration of faith and sexuality, and Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), a controversial adaptation of the Marquis de Sade's novel. Pasolini was a controversial figure in his lifetime, and his films were often censored or banned. He was also an outspoken critic of the Italian government and the Catholic Church. He was murdered in 1975, and the case remains unsolved. Pasolini's legacy as a filmmaker and writer continues to be celebrated today. He is widely regarded as one of the most important Italian filmmakers of the 20th century.

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Occupation writer,director,actor
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 5 March, 1922
Birthday 5 March
Birthplace Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Date of death 2 November, 1975
Died Place Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality Italy

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Pier Paolo Pasolini Height, Weight & Measurements

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2002

Retrospective at the São Paulo International Film Festival. [2002]

2000

Retrospective at the Kerala International Film Festival, India. [2000]

1975

Was murdered shortly before the release of his controversial art film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975). Though Giuseppe "Pino" Pelosi, a 17 year-old hustler was arrested for the murder after being caught with Pasolini's car and confessing to the murder, to this day the case remains unsolved. In 2005, Pelosi revealed that Pasolini was killed by three men linked to political groups opposed to the director's films and politics. The case was briefly reopened and later dismissed due to lack of evidence. Another story revolves around Pasolini meeting with extortionists who stole footage from Salò.

1966

Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1966.

1965

Pasolini was also a poet, a painter and a novelist. He wrote about Semiotics in a paper called 'Il cinema di poesia' (1965). In it he says that cinema is "a non-conventional and non-symbolic language", that expresses reality through reality itself.

1964

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).

1963

(1963) was considered blasphemous and given a suspended sentence. It might have been expected that his next film, The Gospel According to St.

1962

He was arrested in 1962 when his contribution to the portmanteau film Ro. Go. Pa. G.

1961

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.

1955

He caused national controversy with his first novel about slum life called "Ragazzi di vita" (1955). Another examination of the same themes was "Una vita violenta" (1959), translated as "A Violent Life".

1954

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.

1947

Member of the Italian Communist Party from 1947 to 1949. He was expelled because of his homosexuality.

1943

Pasolini's artistic work was put on hold in August 1943 when he was conscripted into the Italian army, at that time allied with the Germans. A few days after Italy's capitulation, Pasolini's regiment were captured by two Germans in a tank.

1942

His book of poetry was first published in 1942 titled "Poesie a Casarsa".