Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), born in Bologna, had already acquires some fame as a poet, essayist and writer when in 1954 he wrote the script for a film by Mario Soldati. After working as assistant director to e.g. Fellini and Bolognini, he became one of Italy's most brilliant and controversial film-makers. The tension between extreme left-wing Marxism and a deeply-rooted mystical religious lies at the root of much of his work.î
Filmography
Films: Accattone (1961), Mamma Roma (1962), Rogopag (episode, 1962), Sopraluoghi in Palestina (1964), Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964), Comizi d'amore (1965), Uccellacci e Uccellini (1966), Le streghe (episode, 1967), Edipo re (1967), Capriccio all'Italiana (episode, 1968), Appunti per un film Indiano (1968, short), Teorema (1968), Amore e rabbia (episode 1969), Porcile (1969), Medea (1970), Il decamerone (1971), I racconti di Canterbury (1972), Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974), Salò o le centoventi giornate di Sodoma (1975), Orestiade Africano (1976), La ricotta (1976).