Pier Paolo Pasolini

Accattone, Mamma Roma, Il Vangelo secondo Matteo, Teorema, Salò. Poet, filmmaker, and public intellectual, murdered in 1975. A towering, troubling figure.

Why it matters for Matias

Pasolini was also a UniBo-linked thinker and a fierce critic of modern Italy; his essays (Scritti corsari) are essential for a philosophy student.