Università Roma Tre

The course is devoted to the cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini. The main themes and the most recurring figures in his filmography are examined. The relationship between cinema and literature is addressed, the director's working method is highlighted and the various moments of his artistic career are reviewed, from the first film (Accattone) to the last (Salò or the 120 days of Sodom). In-depth stylistic analyzes of his works are carried out. Particular attention is paid to Pasolini's theoretical writings on cinema.

TEXTS: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Empirismo eretico, Garzanti, Milano 1972 and later editions (only sections devoted to cinema); Serafino Murri, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Il Castoro, Milano 1994 and later editions; Stefania Parigi, Pier Paolo Pasolini. Accattone, Lindau, Torino 2021.
FILMOGRAPHY: Accattone, 1961; Mamma Roma, 1962; La ricotta,1963; La rabbia, 1963; Comizi d’amore, 1964; Il Vangelo secondo Matteo, 1964; Uccellacci e uccellini, 1966; La terra vista dalla luna, 1967; Che cosa sono le nuvole?, 1968; Edipo re, 1967; Teorema, 1968; La sequenza del fiore di carta, 1969; Appunti per un'Orestiade africana, 1968-1973; Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, 1975.
Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons. Dvd copies will be available at the Biblioteca "Lino Miccichè", via Ostiense 139.