Pasquale Misuraca

The Ashes of Pasolini

Lyrical and fascinating documentary about Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film includes well-chosen fragments from his oeuvre and many unknown interviews with the sharply-quipping master, dug up in the Italian TV archives.

Non ho parole

A rare 1992 Italian drama film.

Angelus novus

The dramatic and scandalous life of the variously renowned and reviled poet, screenwriter and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) is reportedly poorly served in this highly allegorical and intellectual film which focuses rather more on his poetic and intellectual contributions to Italian Marxism than anyone except a highly intellectual Italian Marxist could possibly want to know. This is hardly surprising, given that the neophyte director of this film has a day job as an assistant professor of "the sociology of conscience." Pasolini, who at one point was convicted of the crime of "offending the religion of the (Italian) state" (Catholicism), later received the Grand Prize from the Catholic Film Office for his straightforward and stunning film of Il Vangelo Secundo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew).