The Cult of Pasolini | How Did Pasolini Think? | Ft: Robert Gordon | The Artists with Suchita #clip

Pier Paolo Pasolini remains one of cinema’s most fascinating contradictions: poet, filmmaker, writer, intellectual, provocateur—and an artist who refused to fit comfortably into any category.He approached cinema as a poet, not simply as a filmmaker. Without conventional film-school training, he developed a visual language entirely his own, drawing from literature, painting, mythology, religion, politics and the faces of people rarely given space on screen.He worked with—and around—some of the greats of Italian cinema, including Federico Fellini and Orson Welles, while creating films that could be as beautiful as they were disturbing and controversial.His life was as provocative as his cinema. His sexuality, politics and outspoken public persona repeatedly put him at odds with Italian society, while his violent death in 1975 remains surrounded by unanswered questions.Watch the episode to find out.Dropping Soon!Follow @the.artistspodcast#TheArtistsPodcast #Pasolini #PierPaoloPasolini #ItalianCinema #WorldCinema #FilmTheory #CinemaStudies #Cinephile #FilmPodcast #AuteurCinema #FilmHistory