Major Tribute to Filmmaker and Writer Pier Paolo Pasolini Gets Underway November 26 through December 4, 2007

Major Tribute to Filmmaker and Writer Pier Paolo Pasolini Gets Underway November 26 through December 4, 2007

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning on November 26, 2007 and continuing through December 4, 2007, a multi-faceted tribute featuring Pasolini's films, writings and music will be presented at venues throughout New York City.

Pier Paolo Pasolini -- Poet of Ashes is presented by Fondazione Aida and the Italian Cultural Institute, joined by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and is sponsored by Consorzio per la Tutela dell'Asti Spumante.

It was a full decade ago, in 1997, that Pasolini's work was last exhibited in the United States. "For years New York has admired this intellectual, who was so different from the 'official' intellectuals. Now, New York can get to know him better," said Claudio Angelini, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute.

Pasolini was murdered in 1975 in a scandalous end that was seen by many as a reflection of a life in the fringes of Italian society and at the front of the nation's cultural debate.

Notable highlights of the tribute include (a full listing of events is available on the Web at pasolininewyork.com):

Heretical Epiphanies: The Cinematic Pilgrimages of Pier Paolo Pasolini. The Film Society represents the artist as a filmmaker, his most familiar role to U.S. audiences. Eleven of Pasolini's features and shorts will be screened.

Pier Paolo Pasolini: the Body's Truth presents Angelo Novi's photos and images taken on his filmsets.

Pier Paolo Pasolini's Cinema Affiches comprise previously un-exhibited film posters and cinema affiches, displayed at the Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery.

The Songs of Pier Paolo Pasolini -- Le Canzoni di Pasolini, Joe's Pub; the theatrical play Trash, at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club; and the United States musical premiere of Accattone in Jazz -- A Homage to Pier Paolo Pasolini, at the Walter Reade Theater.

The tribute culminates with a round table discussion, The Last Questions of Pasolini -- Le Ultime Domande di Pasolini, held at New York University's Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo (Nov. 29) and features the musical artist Patti Smith. This is followed by two Master classes with Vincenzo Cerami -- The Tale of Reality -- II racconto della realta at Yale University (Nov. 30) and at Cuny Graduate Center (Dec. 3).

For complete information visit us at: www.pasolininewyork.com

The Film Society of Lincoln Center: www.filmlinc.com

Source: Fondazione Aida

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