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Pier Paolo Pasolini Criticism

Pier Paolo Pasolini, born in 1922 in Bologna, stands as a prominent figure in Italian cultural history, renowned for his multifaceted contributions as a poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, filmmaker, critic, and editor. His work, which intricately blends Marxist ideology with spiritual themes, grappled with the socio-political intricacies of post-World War II Italy. Known for his poignant critique of Marxism and religion, Pasolini’s artistic expression was as controversial as it was impactful, exploring societal injustices and critiquing capitalist structures. This is evident in his cinematic debut, Accattone, which examines themes of exploitation and survival, praised for its authenticity rather than technical finesse, as expounded by critics like Robin Bean and Geoffrey Nowell-Smith.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Pasolini, Pier Paolo (Vol. 106)
    • Greatest Story Ever Told … by a Communist
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Interview with James Blue
    • Ragazzi Will Be Ragazzi, and Sometimes They'll Be Scugnizzi
    • Gadda, Pasolini, and Experimentalism: Form or Ideology?
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini: Poetry as a Compensation
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini: Biciclettone
    • Not Forgetting the Artist
    • Pasolini Leaves a Literary Legacy
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini's Dialect Poetry
    • Re-Reading Pasolini's Essays on Cinema
    • 'I Am a Free Man': Pasolini's Poetry in America
    • Pasolini's Gramsci
    • Movies and Poems
    • Poet, Martyr, Myth
    • Pasolini: Complex Life, Bloody Death
    • Poet into Man
    • Boys in Their Mystery
    • Les dernières parole d'un impie: Entre-tiens avec Jean Duflot
    • Amado mio
    • Reading Pasolini Today
    • Consumerism Rampant
    • Pasolini: His Poems, His Body
    • A Violent Life
    • Focused on the Body
    • Between Sin and Scandal
    • Double Trouble
    • Courting Contradiction
  • Pasolini, Pier Paolo (Vol. 20)
    • 'Accattone'
    • 'Accattone'
    • Reviews of New Films: 'Mamma Roma'
    • In Brief: 'Mamma Roma'
    • Pasolini's Passion
    • Uccelacci e uccellini
    • Pier-Paolo Pasolini: Contestatore
    • 'Teorema' in Premiere at the Coronet
    • Sex: 'Teorema'
    • Pasolini: Rebellion, Art and a New Society
    • 'Theorem'
    • 'Oedipus Rex'
    • L'homme politique: Man and the Revolution at the N.Y. Film Festival
    • Film Reviews: 'Pigsty'
    • Pasolini
    • Callas Stars in 'Medea'
    • Reviews: 'The Canterbury Tales'
    • Jackal and Hide
    • Feature Films: 'Medea'
    • Reviews: 'Medea'
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini
    • Myth into Film: Pasolini's 'Medea' and its Dramatic Heritage
    • Notorious and Notable
    • Pasolini and Boccaccio
    • Myth and Mise-en-Scène: Pasolini's 'Edipo Re'
    • Reviews: Pasolini's 'Salo: 120 Days of Sodom'
    • A Weak Italian Trio
    • A Date Which Will Live in Fantasy
    • Unfree Radicals
    • Stephen Snyder
  • Pasolini, Pier Paolo
    • An Interview with Pier Pasolini
    • 'I Am a Free Man': Pasolini's Poetry in America
    • "Ah Mistica / Filologia!" Rereading Pasolini
    • Pasolini and the City: Rome 1950: A Diary
    • Pasolini's Gramsci
    • The Concept of Death in Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Philosophical Approach
    • The Word Beside Itself
    • Reading Pasolini's Roses
    • Poet into man
    • La meglio gioventù: The Best Youth
    • Pasolini: His Poems, His Body
    • Most Ancient of Youths
    • A Review of Selected Poems
    • Pasolini: Organic Intellectual'?
    • A Postscript to Transgression
  • Further Reading