Born in Bologna in 1922 and murdered in 1975, Pasolini was a poet, novelist and political thinker as well as a filmmaker. His work often combined Marxism, Catholicism and the lives of the poor, and several of his films caused scandal.
Filmography
- Accattone (1961)
- Mamma Roma (1962)
- La ricotta (1963)
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- Hawks and Sparrows (1966)
- Oedipus Rex (1967)
- Teorema (1968)
- Medea (1969)
- The Decameron (1971)
- The Canterbury Tales (1972)
- Arabian Nights (1974)
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)