Fireflies: Pier Paolo Pasolini: Writing On Burning Paper/Poet Of Ashes

Fireflies: Pier Paolo Pasolini: Writing On Burning Paper/Poet Of AshesPublished on the centenary year of Pasolinis birth, Pier Paolo Pasolini: Writing on Burning Paper is a dual edition that stages a dialogue between cinema today and Pasolinis timeless films and words The two complementary volumes slide into one another, forming a unique set that evokes and celebrates Pasolinis enduring influence The smaller book features his epic autobiographical poem Poet of the Ashes, in a revised translation by esteemed poet Stephen

• Published on the centenary year of Pasolini’s birth, Pier Paolo Pasolini: Writing on Burning Paper is a dual edition that stages a dialogue between cinema today and Pasolini’s timeless films and words
• The two complementary volumes slide into one another, forming a unique set that evokes and celebrates Pasolini’s enduring influence
• The smaller book features his epic autobiographical poem ‘Poet of the Ashes’, in a revised translation by esteemed poet Stephen Sartarelli; the larger book comprises original tributes by vital filmmakers from across the contemporary cinema landscape
• Twenty filmmakers shared personal reflections in the form of essays, poems, photographs, drawings and more: Catherine Breillat, Luise Donschen & Helena Wittmann, Jia Zhangke, Radu Jude, Payal Kapadia, Alexandre Koberidze, Dane Komljen, Mike Leigh, Mariano Llinás, Roberto Minervini, Valérie Massadian, Luc Moullet, Ben Rivers, Angela Schanelec, Ulrich Seidl, Basma al-Sharif, Deborah Stratman, Anocha Suwichakornpong and Gustavo Vinagre

Pages: 40 pages/ 160 pages

Published: November 2022

Size (cm): 15 x 23

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