In The Decameron, part of a trilogy of classic epics by Pasolini, the visionary filmmaker imagines a pre-modern world where personal freedom, sensuality, and eroticism are central to human experience, ...

Still from Pier Paolo Pasolini, Salò, or the 120 Days Of Sodom, (all images courtesy Park Circus) “I believe to give scandal is a duty, to be scandalized is a pleasure, and to refuse to be scandalized ...

In the spring of 1970, between the African Orestiade and The Decameron, Pasolini shot a film for which he wrote a commentary in verses but never finished editing. The film was born as a typical ...