Pasolini

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SIMAS C @simas_eros Oct 21, 2026 A rather uninteresting film about the final days of Pasolini’s life. With almost no focus on his well-known body of work—touching only upon an unfinished project—the film gets lost in inconsequential moments, ultimately culminating in his brutal murder. See more

DanTheMan 2 @DanTheMan2150AD May 20, 2025 Part hero worship, part true-crime tragedy and completely of a piece with its creator's obsessions over the spiritual and the sordid. An unconventional approach to what should be a straightforward biopic, Pasolini's willingness to get lost within the artist's creative perspective while detailing his life creates a powerful and evocative look into the dark world of one of cinema's most controversial figures. It may be only one man's version of what many have speculated about... but its clear-eyed grittiness is also a tribute from a filmmaker for whom the night's temptations were ripe and its dangers legion. In depicting Pasolini's final hours, director Abel Ferrara emphasises the tranquil, serene environment in which his subject worked, the foundation of domesticity that anchored him, though ultimately could not shield him. Despite Ferrara's attempts to generate scandalous imagery of his own, he winds up with many sequences of touching beauty. The jumbling of languages offers a way forward, reaching towards a medium in which modes of communication become equivalent, offset by the marvellous central performance of one of cinema's greatest actors, Willem Dafoe. The idea of a search is a significant parallel between the two intertwined portions of the film, which seem to work towards opposing ends yet culminate in the conclusion of a common node: the art of Pier Paolo Pasolini is inseparable from his death. See more

Ęxçëşș M @ExcessMale Oct 7, 2021 Dafoe is really engrossing and there are some strong scenes here but this doesn't work as a biopic, unfortunately. See more

ari v @RT59419633 Jul 17, 2020 Didn't come together particularly well for me. Not historically nor artistically. See more

dave d @RT34924333 Feb 12, 2020 We're chronicling the final days of Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian director who is played by an American and who speaks mostly English. Yea you've lost me. This was was on the shelf for quite some time and should have stayed there. We're talking about a fascinating human who was portrayed as someone who wasn't important or interesting. Frustrating and more of an annoyance than anything else. Final Score: 2.1/10 See more

Apr 5, 2018 I find it to be a weak film. It makes an impression that in theory it was a good idea to make a bio about this genius. But in reality it does not do justice to Pasolini's memory. See more

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