Pier Paolo Pasolini

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POV: The War of the spirit

Pier Paolo Pasolini was an ardent critic of his age. A recently reconstructed documentary film by him gives us an insight into many of his critiques – on war, the media, beauty, work and religion. As an object of hate and scorn in his time, he still has the power to move us.
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