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Pasolini was brilliant!
Salo made an impact on my way of thinking about films in general.
His death remains a mystery.

In the official story of Pier Paolo Pasolini's death, the gay film maker was slain by Pino Pelosi, a 17-year-old hustler who went berserk when the director attacked him sexually. Mr. Pelosi confessed to the killing not long after he was caught driving Pasolini's Alfa Romeo, and the case became a national media circus.
During his trial, Pino the Frog, as he was nicknamed, became an Italian celebrity. The youth, who after bludgeoning Pasolini ran over the director in his own car, insisted he acted alone, although there was ample evidence to the contrary. Ultimately he was convicted and, though still a minor, sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison.

Article by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: July 3, 1996

I'm personally convinced that it was a political assassination carried out by right-wing thugs that didn't approve of his film.