Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Oedipe Roi de Pasolini / 1967

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The films of Pier Paolo Pasolini contain horrifying images of grotesque mutilations and perverse sexual acts. Yet never controversial for the sake of controversy, Pasolini illuminated the darker side of mankind. Always rooting the fantastical within reality - it is an interesting point to make that Pasolini utilized sets for his magnum opus, Salò, a far too real tale that was too gruesome for the actual landscapes of this world. It is a shame that 40 years ago today, Pasolini met a fate much similar to those of his characters. Tortured by fire and castrated, it can be said that Pasolini was murdered for his radical political views and being openly homosexual in a far too critical and hypersensitive world.

Rest In Power to a master of cinema, and may his pageantry of violence and obscenity live on forever.

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Maria Callas in “Medea” Pier Paolo Pasolini 1969

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Foto: Giuseppe Gentile, Maria Callas e Pier Paolo Pasolini sul set di Medea,1969.© Mario Tursi/AFE.

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Carlo Lizzani’s The Hunchback of Rome (1970) with Pier Paolo Pasolini.

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“The mark which has dominated all my work is the longing for life, this sense of exclusion, which doesn’t lessen, but augments this love of life.” – Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Maria Callas in “Medea”

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Maria Callas in “Medea”

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Medea | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1969

Costume design by Piero Tosi