The Resurrection Of The Body: Pier Paolo Pasolini From Saint Paul To Sade
by Armando Maggi /
2009 / English / PDF
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Italian novelist, poet, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was
brutally killed in Rome in 1975, a macabre end to a career
that often explored humanity’s capacity for violence and
cruelty. Along with the mystery of his murderer’s identity,
Pasolini left behind a controversial but acclaimed oeuvre as
well as a final quartet of beguiling projects that signaled a
radical change in his aesthetics and view of reality.
Italian novelist, poet, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was
brutally killed in Rome in 1975, a macabre end to a career
that often explored humanity’s capacity for violence and
cruelty. Along with the mystery of his murderer’s identity,
Pasolini left behind a controversial but acclaimed oeuvre as
well as a final quartet of beguiling projects that signaled a
radical change in his aesthetics and view of reality.The Resurrection of the Body
The Resurrection of the Body is an original and
compelling interpretation of these final works: the
screenplay
is an original and
compelling interpretation of these final works: the
screenplaySaint Paul
Saint Paul, the scenario for
, the scenario forPorn-Theo-Colossal
Porn-Theo-Colossal, the immense and unfinished novel
, the immense and unfinished novelPetrolio
Petrolio, and his notorious final film,
, and his notorious final film,Salò or the
120 Days of Sodom
Salò or the
120 Days of Sodom, a disturbing adaptation of the
writings of the Marquis de Sade. Together these works,
Armando Maggi contends, reveal Pasolini’s obsession with
sodomy and its role within his apocalyptic view of Western
society. One of the first studies to explore the
ramifications of Pasolini’s homosexuality,
, a disturbing adaptation of the
writings of the Marquis de Sade. Together these works,
Armando Maggi contends, reveal Pasolini’s obsession with
sodomy and its role within his apocalyptic view of Western
society. One of the first studies to explore the
ramifications of Pasolini’s homosexuality,The
Resurrection of the Body
The
Resurrection of the Body also breaks new ground by
putting his work into fruitful conversation with an array of
other thinkers such as Freud, Strindberg, Swift, Henri
Michaux, and Norman O. Brown.
also breaks new ground by
putting his work into fruitful conversation with an array of
other thinkers such as Freud, Strindberg, Swift, Henri
Michaux, and Norman O. Brown.
