Komunista amoralny i dwuznaczny. Recepcja filmów Piera Paolo Pasoliniego w polskiej prasie lat 1960–1975
The Amoral and Ambiguous Communist. The Reception of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Films in the Polish Press Between 1960 and 1975

Summary/Abstract: Only a few of Pasolini's films (Accattone, Mamma Roma, Uccelacci e uccellini, Edipo Re and Medea, as well as an episode from the novella Ro.Go.Pa.G.) were released on Polish screens before 1989. Some of these were purchased in the early 1960s, when film imports from the West increased after the political thaw. Films not distributed in Poland until 1989 include: Il Vangelo secondo Matteo, Teorema, Porcile, Decameron, I racconti di Canterbury, Il fiore delle mille e una notte and Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma. The Film Repertoire Council, the body responsible for the cinema program, recommended the import of these films, but decisions on censorship were an obstacle. On the basis of an analysis of reviews, as well as other forms of film criticism (essay, column), I examine what image of Pasolini was produced in national trade magazines (Film, Ekran), socio-cultural magazines (including Życie Literackie, Współczesność), and the local press. The article is based on queries at the National Film Archive and the Archives of New Records in Warsaw.

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