Notes Towards an African Orestes

1970 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Movie unfinished_or_abandoned_film_project Q2257521
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Notes Towards an African Orestes

Summary

Notes Towards an African Orestes is an unfinished or abandoned film project[1]. It draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (unfinished_or_abandoned_film_project category, ranking #34 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's instance of is recorded as unfinished or abandoned film project[3].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini[4].
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote the screenplay for Notes Towards an African Orestes[5].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's composer is recorded as Gato Barbieri[6].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's genre is documentary film[7].
  • A cast member of Notes Towards an African Orestes was Gato Barbieri[8].
  • A cast member of Notes Towards an African Orestes was Pier Paolo Pasolini[9].
  • A cast member of Notes Towards an African Orestes was Marcello Melis[10].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes was produced by Gian Vittorio Baldi[11].
  • The original language of Notes Towards an African Orestes was Italian[12].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's color is recorded as black-and-white[13].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's country of origin is recorded as Italy[14].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes was published on January 1, 1970[15].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's main subject is cinema of Africa[16].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': "Appunti per un'Orestiade africana"}[17].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+65'}[18].
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes's CNC film rating is recorded as no age restriction[19].

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Authorship and Creation

Notes Towards an African Orestes was produced by Gian Vittorio Baldi[11]. It was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini[4]. Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Gato Barbieri[8], Pier Paolo Pasolini[9], and Marcello Melis[10].

Publication

Notes Towards an African Orestes was released on January 1, 1970[15]. The original language of it was Italian[12]. Its genre is documentary film[7].

Subject and Themes

Notes Towards an African Orestes's main subject is cinema of Africa[16].

Why It Matters

Notes Towards an African Orestes draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (unfinished_or_abandoned_film_project category, ranking #34 of 50).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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