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Pier Paolo Pasolini retrospective opens at TIFF Bell Lightbox

Italian filmmaker set the stage for gay filmmaking

By Nick Green • March 7, 2014 5:35 pm EDT

In the above interview Nick Green speaks with cinema scholar Luca Caminati about the influence of Pasolini, who was openly gay and was murdered in 1975, on queer cinema.

Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Poet of Contamination is opening at TIFF Bell Lightbox on March 8. The retrospective is a must-see for queer cinephiles.

In the above interview, Nick Green speaks with cinema scholar Luca Caminati about the influence of Pasolini, who was openly gay and was murdered in 1975, on queer cinema.

The retrospective runs until April 12.