[sanctusdiavolos]

"Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.

(...)

Pasolini was murdered by being run over several times with his own car, dying on 2 November 1975 on the beach at Ostia, near Rome. Pasolini was buried in Casarsa, in his beloved Friuli.

Giuseppe Pelosi, a seventeen-year-old hustler, was arrested and confessed to murdering Pasolini. Thirty years later, on 7 May 2005, he retracted his confession, which he said was made under the threat of violence to his family. He claimed that three people "with a southern accent" had committed the murder, insulting Pasolini as a "dirty communist".

Other evidence uncovered in 2005 pointed to Pasolini's having been murdered by an extortionist. Testimony by Pasolini's friend Sergio Citti indicated that some of the rolls of film from Salò had been stolen, and that Pasolini had been going to meet with the thieves after a visit to Stockholm, November 2, 1975. Despite the Roman police's reopening of the murder case following Pelosi's statement of May 2005, the judges charged with investigating it determined the new elements insufficient for them to continue the inquiry."

[Jere]

[gatagato]

One of the biggest italian mysteries: he was so enlightened that he had the ability to change italians' mind, to wake them all up. And this was against the interests of those ruling at the time, since they needed people asleep, blind, deaf, and mute.
Some weeks ago i've been watching an interview with him; it's unbelievable how what he did say 40 years ago about italy, politicians, and the powers in general would apply perfectly to the current situation in Italy, which proves that he was actually enlightened, that he was right and that since nothing changed since, those who killed him have won: he was a candle to blow out at every cost, the man who was arrested was just some anonymous, meaningless piece to sacrifice.
I add a couple of pics including the front page of Il Corriere Della Sera issued the day after. Thanks for sharing.

[Bastet]

Was run over with his own car several times? That's quite a shitty way to die Nonconformists in control-freak nations seem never have it easy, to say the least.

[Faline]

thanks

[Sharon]

Interesting

[Dodger712]

Having seen "Salo" I am not so sure that running over him was such a bad idea "enlightened individual" or not. That was one SICK movie. But I guess it should have been having been based on a work by the Marquis de Sade.

[sanctusdiavolos]

Yes, Salo is based on the book "The 120 Days of Sodom" by the Marquis de Sade. Opus magnum.

[Airbornemama]

You learn something new every day! Thanks G for adding to the post!

[carkees]

Great post, great info.
I had never heard of the man. Going to research a bit!