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Pier Paolo Pasolini

"...this sense of exclusion..."

Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975)

An Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.


"The mark which has dominated all my work is this longing for life, this sense of exclusion, which doesn't lessen but augments this love of life"




What members say | Filmography

Pier Paolo Pasolini - what members say


  • Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom review by from new jersey
    Rated - 2.0 stars It's not necessarily a film - more an endurance test... 14 July 2004
    ... Pasolini was), and I have to say that at least from an objective point of view Pier Paolo Pasolini gets the job done there. With great cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli (Once Up...   Read customer review
  • Theorem
  • Theorem review by jamescart from Surrey, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars A film to challenge and make you think: this is not Hollywood! 19 November 2007
    ...‘Theorem’ was made by the brilliant but controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini staring Brit Terence Stamp speaking his best Italian. He plays the un-named visitor to a wealthy...   Read customer review

Pier Paolo Pasolini - filmography


  • Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Paolo Bonacelli,  Giorgio Cataldi
    Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The final work of notorious Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, this film updates the Marquis de Sade's most extreme novel to fascist Italy in the final days of WW II. Dispensing with the novel's meditations on sexual liberation and the search for truth, Pasolini presents four decadents who ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 3,977 members
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  • Arabian Nights
  • Arabian Nights on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Ninetto Davoli,  Franco Citti,  Tessa Bouche
    Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Exotic spectacle and unbridled sensuality collide in Pier Paolo Pasolini's dreamlike retelling of the Arabian fable. In this lush adaptation, a prince goes abroad in search of his beloved slave, whom someone has kidnapped. As he travels from land to land, he listens to erotic tales told by the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 1,499 member
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  • The Decameron
  • The Decameron on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Franco Citti,  Ninetto Davoli,  Silvana Mangano
    Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Octet of ribald tales from Boccaccio's "Decameron" with Pasolini as Giotto providing the link between the tales. First in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life," which also includes "The Arabian Nights" and "The Canterbury Tales." Originally rated X by the Motion Picture Association of America.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,512 member
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  • Theorem
  • Theorem on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Terence Stamp,  Silvana Mangano,  Massimo Girotti
    Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Terence Stamp is known only as The Visitor in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema. The mysterious stranger insinuates himself into the home of a wealthy Italian family, where he exerts a curious, sensual spirituality over everyone in the household. He then wanders into the nearby village, where he ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 527 members
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Pier Paolo Pasolini facts

5 most recent films

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - 2.5 stars
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Arabian Nights - 2.5 stars
Arabian Nights - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Canterbury Tales - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Pasolini Vol.1 - 3.5 stars
The Gospel According To St. Matthew - 3.5 stars
Theorem - 3.5 stars
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Vol 2 - 3.0 stars
Medea - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - 2.5 stars
Arabian Nights - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Arabian Nights - 2.5 stars
The Canterbury Tales - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Franco Citti - 9 times - show films
Ninetto Davoli - 7 times - show films
Silvana Mangano - 5 times - show films
Laura Betti - 4 times - show films
Hugh Griffith - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Pier Paolo Pasolini - 13 times - show films
Pier Paolo Passolini - 1 times - show films

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