Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, titled Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom on English-language prints and commonly referred to as simply Salò, is a 1975 horror art film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film is a loose adaptation of the 1785 novel The 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade, updating the story's setting to the World War II era. It was Pasolini's final film, being released three weeks after his murder.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew is a 1964 Italian biblical drama film in the neorealist style, written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It is a cinematic rendition of the story of Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew, from the Nativity through the Resurrection. The dialogue is taken directly from the Gospel of Matthew, as Pasolini felt that "images could never reach the poetic heights of the text." He reportedly chose Matthew's Gospel over the others because he had decided that "John was too mystical, Mark too vulgar, and Luke too sentimental."
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual, who also distinguished himself as an actor, journalist, novelist, playwright, and political figure.
Laura Betti was an Italian actress known particularly for her work with directors Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci. She had a long friendship with Pasolini and made a documentary about him in 2001.
Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati, is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two giallo masterpieces, The House with Laughing Windows (1976) and Zeder (1983).
La ricotta is a short film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1962 and is part of the omnibus film Ro.Go.Pa.G. It is often considered the most memorable portion of Ro.Go.Pa.G and the height of Pasolini's creative powers and social criticism.
Paolo Bonacelli is an Italian actor.
Dario Bellezza was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes.
Franco Citti was an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone. In 1967, he appeared in the title role in Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex.
Damiano Damiani was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereghetti said that his style made him "the most American of Italian directors".
Franco Fortini was the pseudonym of Franco Lattes, an Italian poet, writer, translator, essayist, literary critic and Marxist intellectual.
Brunello Rondi was a prolific Italian screen writer and film director best known for his frequent script collaborations with Federico Fellini.
The commedia sexy all'italiana, also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of Italian commedia all'italiana film genre.
Ines Pellegrini is an Italian retired actress of Eritrean origin.
Antonino Faà di Bruno was an Italian actor and former military officer.
Gian Vittorio Baldi was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter.
Serafino Murri is an Italian film critic, screenwriter, and film director from Rome.
Gian Maria Annovi is an Italian poet, essayist, and professor. He has published four collections of poetry, along with appearing in various literary journals, and anthologies. He is currently an Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California.
Adele Cambria was an Italian journalist, writer, and actress.
Antonio Scurati is an Italian writer and academic. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Strega Prize for his novel M. Il figlio del secolo (2018).