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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.


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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But Pasolini has chosen to set the movie on the island of Ithaca during the time of Odysseus, even if there is a certain modernity to the style and storytelling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

A new comedy-drama TV series from the same writer, Simon Beaufoy, and producer, Uberto Pasolini, returns to those characters more than two decades later in a compelling portrait of contemporary Britain.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

Both Laurence and myself are the products of hybrid, many-faceted experiences which range from Edouard Gilssant and Aimé Césaire to Pasolini and Marguerite Duras.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023

He also worked with Ugo Gregoretti, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Roberto Rossellini on the Italian movie “Let’s Have a Brainwash,” with Godard’s scenes portraying a disturbing post-apocalypse world.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

She married Count Pasolini, the head of an old aristocratic family with large estates in the Romagna, whose father was President of the first Senate of United Italy.

From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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