Pasolini

American  

[pah-suh-lee-nee, pah-saw-lee-nee] / ˌpɑ səˈli ni, ˌpɑ sɔˈli ni /

noun

1. Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.

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Pasolini British  

/ pazoˈlini /

noun

1. Pier Paolo (pjɛr ˈpaːolo). 1922–75, Italian film director. His films include The Gospel according to St Matthew (1964), Oedipus Rex (1967), Theorem (1968), Pigsty (1969), and Decameron (1970)

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Example Sentences

The 1975 murder of Italian subversive film director Pier Paolo Pasolini forms the tortured heart of Laing’s first historical novel.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1974 protagonist Nicholas Wade leaves England and lands in Venice, where he meets Danilo Donati, costume designer for Pasolini as well as Fellini and others.

From Los Angeles Times

Gerber, who was last seen on the big screen in “Saturday Night,” performed at New Theater Hollywood in December in Stephanie LaCava’s adaptation of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “The Gospel According to St. Matthew.”

From Los Angeles Times

There was a spell in Italy where he worked with the directors Pier Paolo Pasolini and Federico Fellini but, by the time he returned to London, the 60s were drawing to a close and he was no longer in fashion.

From BBC

“It’s probably the best carbonara you’re going to get in Rome. All family-run, lovely people. It’s where Pasolini had his last meal. It was his favorite restaurant,” he says of the great Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.

From Los Angeles Times