Pasolini Tribute in Athens

Celebrating 100 years since the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens (47 Patission, iicatene.esteri.it) is hosting a series of events on the influential and controversial filmmaker and intellectual. These include a photography exhibition on “Pasolini and Greece,” opening on October 6 and running to November 25, and screenings of his films on October 6, 13 and 26 and November 9 and 15. These will all start at 7 p.m. and be in the original Italian with English subtitles (except for that on October 6). Then, on November 24, experts will come together for a roundtable discussion on his relationship with Greece and Greek culture.

Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian director, screen writer, essayist, poet, critic and novelist. Pasolini was best known outside Italy for his films, many of which were based on literary sources: The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom. He often used shocking juxtapositions of imagery to expose what he saw as the vapidity of values in modern society.