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LIVE ONLINE FILM DISCUSSION AND Q&A with Prof. Francesca Cadel on Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 PM CT.
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On the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), IFF is proud to screen Comizi d'amore (Love Meetings), his first feature-length documentary filmed in 1963 with Pasolini as the interviewer. As an attentive observer of the changes in the Italian society of his time, Pasolini traveled throughout Italy to interview people on the street, in factories, on the beaches, on a wide range of topics: marriage and the legalization of divorce, the importance of sex in everyday life, homosexuality, prostitution, machismo and gender roles.
Comizi d'amore offers a unique insight into the Italy of the 1960s.
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Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 –1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual, who also distinguished himself as an actor, journalist, novelist, playwright, and political figure. A controversial personality in Italy due to his straightforward style, Pasolini's legacy remains partly contentious. He voiced strong criticism of petty bourgeois values and the emerging "totalitarianism of consumerism" in Italy, juxtaposing socio-political polemics with a critical examination of taboo sexual matters. A prominent protagonist of the Roman cultural scene of the post-war period, he was an established major figure in European literature and cinematic arts. Pasolini's unsolved murder at Ostia in November 1975 during an altercation with a young male prostitute prompted an outcry in Italy, and its circumstances continue to be a matter of heated debate.
February 20th and March 6th: Virtual Talk Series on film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini on the occasion of his the 100th birth anniversary. Presented in English by Prof. Francesca Cadel.
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Produttore di Elite
Produttore Esecutivo
Luigi Bernardi &
Produttore
Assitente di produzione
Albert and Susan Colianni Family
Astrid Garino and Massimo Costalonga
Regista
Catherine Allan
Nancy Azzam
Bill and Sandra Gengler
Jeff Lotz
Andrea and Vittorio Raimondi
Aiuto Regista
Vito Bongiorno
Brian Balleria and Joan Bechtold
Ann Burns
Denise and Giacomo D'Aurora
Elizabeth Fletcher
Stefano Perugini
Joe Pingatore
Nassim and Federico Rossi
Penelope Scialla
David Yarusso
Individual Film Sponsor
Laura J Mauro and David R Brown