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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Mamma Roma • 58m

A filmmaker, novelist, and poet, Pier Paolo Pasolini revisited the same themes throughout his brief career. Made by Ivo Varnabo Micheli in 1995, on the twentieth anniversary of the director’s murder, this documentary examines the central ideas in the work of this legendary and controversial artist.

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    Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini • 1962 • Italy
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