La sceneggiatura come prodotto culturale. "San Paolo" di Pier Paolo Pasolini nell'universo dei media

This article examines San Paolo, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s unfinished screenplay, as an autonomous cultural object and a paradigmatic case at the crossroads of screenwriting studies and shadow cinema. After reconstructing the editorial history of the text — from its conception with Sampaolo Film to the final version in 1974 — the essay explores the various forms of “remediation” the work has undergone in the decades since, including adaptations for radio, theatre, and opera. Far from being a marginal fragment, San Paolo emerges as a text in a constant state of potentiality, capable of generating new interpretations across the media landscape. Though never realized as a film, the screenplay reveals an independent vitality that challenges traditional categories of authorship, work, and medium, and stands out as one of the most vibrant and prophetic contributions of Pasolini the intellectual.