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'''Location:''' Italy | '''Location:''' Italy | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' ''La ricotta'', one of the | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''La ricotta'', one of the four episodes of the movie ''RoGoPaG'', narrates the story of Stracci, a Roman proletarian that works as an extra in a movie where there is represented the crucifixion of Christ. Stracci dies on the cross at the end of the movie. The director in ''La ricotta'' is played by Orson Welles. The other episodes were directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti and Roberto Rossellini and not affected by censorship. The title ''RoGoPaG'' is an abbreviation of the author's last names: Rossellini, Godard, Pasolini, Gregoretti. | ||
[[File:Pasolini1.jpg|left]] | [[File:Pasolini1.jpg|left]] | ||
'''The Incident:''' The movie was taken out of distribution and accused of "offense to the State religion." It was the first time that a movie was accused not of "offense to the audience", but to the religion. In this way, I feel, the State substituted the Church in the defense of public morals. | '''The Incident:''' The movie was taken out of distribution and accused of "offense to the State religion." It was the first time that a movie was accused not of "offense to the audience", but to the religion. In this way, I feel, the State substituted the Church in the defense of public morals. | ||