Pier Paolo Pasolini was one of the great Marxist homosexual artists of our time. As such, he met trouble throughout his career as both a writer and a filmmaker.His sexuality or rather, that he was not closeted about itconsistently offended not only the Roman Catholic orthodoxy of postwar Italy but also the Marxist establishment. His Marxism offended Catholics, while his interest in Christian culture irritated Communists.Rather than feeling despondent, Pasolini thrived on the controversy he stirred wherever he turned. His was a dialectical genius that did not create work out of thin air: It depended on a process of provocation and response.

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