Author Paolo Russo

Paolo Russo

Paolo Russo is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University. His most recent publications include: ‘Suso Cecchi d’Amico’ (Palgrave Macmillan 2015), ‘Migration told through noir convention in Tornatore’s The Unknown Woman and Garrone’s Gomorrah’ (Peter Lang 2015), ‘Pain Is in the Mind: Dream Narrative in Inception and Shutter Island’ (Routledge 2014), and the 2014 issue of Quaderni del CSCI on Italian screenwriters. Paolo is also a professional screenwriter.

Beyond Perverse Allegiance: The Problem of Viewers’ Engagement in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom (Issue 77, December 2015)

Paolo Russo

October 2019

Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema

Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 77, December 2015. “Perhaps the most successful representation of physical cruelty in the history of cinema.” – Gilbert Adair, 1979 In a lengthy letter to the ...

Beyond Perverse Allegiance: The Problem of Viewers’ Engagement in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom

Paolo Russo

December 2015

The Legacy of Pier Paolo Pasolini

“Perhaps the most successful representation of physical cruelty in the history of cinema.” – Gilbert Adair, 1979 In a lengthy letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions, James Ferman, the then Chief Exami...