The legacy
Surveys in Palestine, 1963
The Corpus of the Pier Paolo Pasolini Research Centre and Archive:
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Vast Italian and international bibliography composed of more than 1,200 volumes by and about Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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Diverse collection of magazines run by Pasolini, to which he consistently contributed.
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Extensive press review (essays, studies, news stories, interviews, statements, investigations) collected and preserved in 70 chronologically ordered containers, comprising a total of 20,000 cuttings.
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Around 500 dissertations presented in universities in Italy and abroad from the 1977/78 academic year to the present.
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Poems, essays, studies and accounts from Pasolini's collaborators; novels, plays, scripts and various kinds of texts inspired by and dedicated to the man and his work.
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Around 90 dossiers, organized into files, relating to the cultural initiatives organized and promoted in Italy and abroad, from 1979 to 2004, by the Pier Paolo Pasolini Association of Rome. They include catalogues, programmes, press reviews and various documents.
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Mixed collection of about 1,000 audiovisual documents, including all of Pasolini's films, cinematic works to which he contributed in different roles or inspired by him and television programmes in which he participated directly or dedicated to him.
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Photo library organized in more than 40 containers, consisting of around 3,000 prints and 4,000 negatives and plates. This photographic documentation covers Pasolini's cultural activities and his public and private life.
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A tape library with around 30 video recordings and more than 200 audio cassettes including radio programmes, recordings of conferences and public events at which Pasolini participated and debates and speeches dedicated to him. The recordings were recently digitized.
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A record library containing around 30 LPs and CDs with recordings of Pasolini's voice, songs written by him and musical works inspired by him.
Online Consultation of the Catalogues
The catalogue of books and dissertations preserved in the Archive is part of the Cineteca library’s online catalogue, while the catalogue of audiovisual documents is included in the database consultable through the online film booking service.
The Locations
Within the Cineteca’s library, a reading and consultation room houses all the Pasolini Archive’s printed documents, from press cuttings to dossiers, including theses, books and magazine collections. The photographs are preserved within the Photo Archive, also within the library, on the first floor. The audio and audiovisual documents – on VHS or DVD – are located within the library’s Audiovisual Section, also on the first floor.
Creation of a Single Database
In spring 2004 work began on compiling a computer database for all the iconographic, audio and audiovisual material of the Pasolini Archive and for the descriptions of the card index organized by Laura Betti for the Pier Paolo Pasolini Association of Rome. The aim is to unite the international critical bibliography with the journalistic publications in a single tool. The unfinished database can be consulted at the Cineteca library by appointment.