Pasolini – Guareschi. Poetycka „wściekłość” i jej dalsze reperkusje
Pasolini – Guareschi. Poetical Anger and Its Further Repercussions

Summary/Abstract: The author deals with the production, exegesis and ideological and political contexts of the first Italian compilation film “La Rabbia” (“Anger”) by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Giovanni Guareschi. The film created in 1962, based on film footage collected by the film chronicle Mondo Libero for two decades, was to present the problems of modernity from two opposing ideological positions: leftist, represented by Pasolini, and rightwing, represented by Guareschi. In his text Jóźwiak questions the previous interpretations of this film. An in-depth analysis of the dialogue layer and visual material reveals the political position of Pasolini, which from today’s perspective raises doubts, towards the Soviet regime, which consists of, among others, justification of the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 and ethical relativization of Soviet policy. On the other hand, the analysis of the right-wing “fascist” part of Guareschi leads to surprising conclusions regarding the camouflaged influence of his thoughts on Pasolini’s later political attitude. In this light “La Rabbia” appears as a ground-breaking film in the evolution of Pasolini’s thought and creativity.

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