Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981)
Philo Bregstein tells us this film looks at Pasolini's life and art to explain why he died. The film traces Pasolini's life chronologically - family roots, hiding during World War II, teaching, moving to Rome, being arrested and acquitted many times, publishing poems, getting into film, being provocative, and being murdered. Interviews with Alberto Moravia, Laura Betti, Maria Antonietta Macciocch, and Bernard Bertolucci are inter-cut with readings of Pasolini's poems and with clips from four films - primarily the Gospel According to St. Matthew - to illustrate his changing ideas and points of view. Bregstein makes a case for Pasolini's being lynched.
Director: Philo Bregstein
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Pier Paolo Pasolini as Self- archive footage |
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Alberto Moravia as Self - writer |
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Laura Betti as Self |
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Maria Antonietta Macciocchi as Self - writer |
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Bernardo Bertolucci as Self |
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Nino Marazzita as Self - Pier Paolo Pasolini family's lawyer |
| Directing | Philo Bregstein | Director |
| Editing | Mario Steenbergen | Editor |
| Production | Frank Diamand | Producer |
| Camera | Michele Pensato | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Neil Kingsbury | Sound Editor |
| Production | Harry Prins | Producer |
| Sound | Gianni Sardo | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Philo Bregstein | Writer |
| Writing | Michèle Garlati | Writer |
| Camera | Alan Jones | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ali Movahed | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Richard Laurent | Camera Operator |
| Sound | André Van In | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Vincent Blanchet | Camera Operator |
