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by Colpa Press   A sampling of the three periods of Italian film master Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975),provocative and audacious thinker, acclaimed essayist and beloved poet. On the heels of a major retrospective at MoMA in New York, and at UCLA and the American Cinemateque in Los Angeles, Luce Cinecittà and Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini/Cinet...

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by Silvia Donati   Those who believe there's no culture in Los Angeles, much less Italian culture, should reconsider their belief: L.A. residents interested in learning about Italy have plenty of opportunities to do so.   Just consider that, as Italy pays tribute to one of its most influential writers and filmmakers, Pier Paolo Pasoli...

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New York accoglie i mille volti dell'arte di Pier Paolo Pasolini. La memoria dell'intellettuale friulano verra' omaggiata da una retrospettiva cinematografica completa organizzata che si terra' al Museum of Modern Art dal 13 dicembre al 5 gennaio e da una serie di eventi disseminati nella Grande Mela.Medea al MoMAIl 13, giorno in cui nella rassegna...

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by Valerio Viale   On November 2, 1975, the Italian intellectual, poet, novelist, filmmaker – in a word: Artist in capital letter – Pier Paolo Pasolini, was brutally murdered in Ostia, coastal area near Rome. Forty years later, the Italian Cultural Institute in L.A., remembered the tragedy, demonstrating how much this iconic personality is s...

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Vincenzo Cerami, who died this July, was a novelist, an associate of Pier Paolo Pasolini, and the screenwriter for over 40 Italian films, including several starring Roberto Benigni. Among these are La Vita è Bella, Il Mostro, and La Tigre e la Neve.   This is our tribute to him. Please join us for screenings of these three films, and see for...

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A Lecture by Ryan Calabretta-Sajder followed by a film.   Brief Introduction: Sandra Celli Harris   The lecture will briefly introduce the life and works of Pier Paolo Pasolini, paying particular attention to the themes of 'death, eros, and literary enterprise.' Attention will be paid to Pasolini's untimely and horrific assassination....

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NEW YORK. Il ministro per i Beni e le Attività culturali Lorenzo Ornaghi, venerdì sera prima di iniziare l'incontro con la stampa al Consolato Generale di Park Avenue, ha detto "credo sia doveroso esprimere il nostro cordoglio" riferendosi al massacro consumato nella scuola del Connecticut in mattinata.Il ministro ha partecipato all'apertura della...

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Ha preso il via nei giorni scorsi a Chicago una rassegna dedicata alla vita e alle opere di Pier Paolo Pasolini. La kermesse, organizzata in collaborazione con il nostro Istituto di Cultura, presentera' fino al 15 maggio una serie di dodici film per commemorare il poeta italiano, scrittore, pensatore politico e regista, la cui vita e' stata stronca...

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On the heels of a major retrospective at MOMA in New York, and at UCLA and the American Cinemateque in Los Angeles, Luce Cinecittà and Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini/Cineteca di Bologna, in association with Colpa Cinema and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, present Pasolini, a sampling of the three periods of Italian film master Pier Paol...

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by Matthew Benbenek   Since the early years of cinema, Italian filmmakers have been at the forefront of the international film scene, working to promote and innovate the medium. From the experimental silent films, Italian cinema evolved and invented a new genre of neo-realism through which they created some of the most emotionally powerful a...

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