In The Decameron, part of a trilogy of classic epics by Pasolini, the visionary filmmaker imagines a pre-modern world where personal freedom, sensuality, and eroticism are central to human experience, ...

PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, the brilliant, controversial Italian director who also was a prolific writer of poetry, journalism and fiction, made this trilogy of brightly colorful works based on well-known ...

In the spring of 1970, between the African Orestiade and The Decameron, Pasolini shot a film for which he wrote a commentary in verses but never finished editing. The film was born as a typical ...

Still from Pier Paolo Pasolini, Salò, or the 120 Days Of Sodom, (all images courtesy Park Circus) “I believe to give scandal is a duty, to be scandalized is a pleasure, and to refuse to be scandalized ...

Religious hypocrisy, sexuality and issues of class were recurring themes for Pasolini, who often explored them on film in mordant fashion. But in the early 1970s, immediately after his adaptation of ...

During July, the Gene Siskel Film Center presents the final four films of the prolific and profane Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), the Italian director, screenwriter, novelist and poet whose movie ...