Reviews

“In this remarkable book, John David Rhodes makes an invaluable contribution to scholarship on cinema and the city. Analyzing Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Rome films and his political and emotional engagement with the city, Rhodes has provided a fascinating and moving background to this period of Pasolini’s life, vision, and politics.” —Laura Mulvey

“John David Rhodes portrays the social and aesthetic complexities of this world with the élan and precision of George Eliot. His outline history of Roman urbanism suggests voracious reading and many a walk through. Rhodes’ writing constantly surprises. This is an insightful, engrossing book about art, urbanism and consciousness that changes the way we think about Pasolini’s early career.” —Sight & Sound