"For Pier Paolo Pasolini, post-war Italy was overrun by the corrosive forces of consumerism, bourgeois uniformity and shallow bourgeois conventions. In his writing and film-making he was frequently critical of the establishment. Condemned by those in power as dangerous and offensive to public morality, he remained, nevertheless, an extremely popular and influential figure. Through his work, he attempted to awaken people to a different set of values, both traditional and revolutionary"--