Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Pier Paolo PasoliniSelf- archive footage

Alberto MoraviaSelf - writer

Laura BettiSelf

Maria Antonietta MacciocchiSelf - writer

Bernardo BertolucciSelf

Nino Marazzita

Nino MarazzitaSelf - Pier Paolo Pasolini family's lawyer