Written and directed by cult filmmaker Abel Ferrara (Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant, Welcome to New York), this dark, daring drama tells the story of the fateful final day of the controversial filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. Released by the BFI in cinemas in September, it now comes to Blu-ray and DVD on 26 October 2015.
Special features include a filmed conversation with Abel Ferrara and the cast of Pasolini and a newly filmed interview with the British actor Robin Askwith on working with Pasolini.
Having recently finished Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pasolini has enraged audiences, critics and politicians with his outspoken views, overt sexuality and the scandal that surrounds his films. Focusing on both his private and professional life, Pasolini explores the inner world of the filmmaker in the hours leading up to his devastatingly brutal death.
Starring Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation of Christ) as the great auteur, and featuring Ninetto Davoli, who acted in many of Pasolini’s films, Pasolini is a powerful and evocative look into the dark world of one of cinema’s most controversial figures, as seen through the eyes of one of modern cinema's most astonishing and surprising directors. Click above for the trailer.
