Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
“A film about Pier Paolo Pasolini”
1981•1h 0m•5.7•Released
Documentary
Philo Bregstein tells us this film looks at Pasolini's life and art to explain why he died. The film traces Pasolini's life chronologically - family roots, hiding during World War II, teaching, moving to Rome, being arrested and acquitted many times, publishing poems, getting into film, being provocative, and being murdered. Interviews with Alberto Moravia, Laura Betti, Maria Antonietta Macciocch, and Bernard Bertolucci are inter-cut with readings of Pasolini's poems and with clips from four films - primarily the Gospel According to St. Matthew - to illustrate his changing ideas and points of view. Bregstein makes a case for Pasolini's being lynched.
Director
Philo Bregstein
Writer
Philo Bregstein, Michèle Garlati
Languages
Italian
Studio
VARA
Cast
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Self- archive footage
Alberto Moravia
Self - writer
Laura Betti
Self
Maria Antonietta Macciocchi
Self - writer
Bernardo Bertolucci
Self
Nino Marazzita
Self - Pier Paolo Pasolini family's lawyer
Production
Company
VARA
Producer
Harry Prins
Producer
Frank Diamand
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