Pier Paolo Pasolini in conversation with actor Claudio Troccoli, behind the scenes of shooting the final cut of Salò, 120 Days of Sodom.
Claudio and Pasolini’s relationship was of an affectionate affinity, however Troccoli, along with fellow comrades Franco Merli and Ezio Manni were consistently ushered into Pasolini’s room after filming, which spiralled homosexual connotations on set in-between takes. Claudio, albeit already had several difficulties with himself and whole identity, which he held under a calm, happy-go-lucky exterior. Despite these troubling insecurities, Troccoli was stated by Uberto Paolo Quintavelle to a boy with ‘a heart of gold’, full of sympathy, generosity, and presumably an empathetic soul, good at comforting those in need to vent.
