Released:
1981-02-28

Overview:
Philo Bregstein tells us this film looks at Pasolini's life and art to explain why he died. The film traces Pasolini's life chronologically - family roots, hiding during World War II, teaching, moving to Rome, being arrested and acquitted many times, publishing poems, getting into film, being provocative, and being murdered. Interviews with Alberto Moravia, Laura Betti, Maria Antonietta Macciocch, and Bernard Bertolucci are inter-cut with readings of Pasolini's poems and with clips from four films - primarily the Gospel According to St. Matthew - to illustrate his changing ideas and points of view. Bregstein makes a case for Pasolini's being lynched.

Director:
Philo Bregstein

Runtime:
1h 0min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Pier Paolo Pasolini
  as
  Self- archive footage
• 
  Alberto Moravia
  as
  Self - writer
• 
  Laura Betti
  as
  Self
• 
  Maria Antonietta Macciocchi
  as
  Self - writer
• 
  Bernardo Bertolucci
  as
  Self