In 1959, Pasolini drives a Fiat Millecento along the entire Italian coast. A journey - "La lunga strada di sabbia" - is a distinctive document of this time, a period caught between the end of traditions and the onset of globalization. Peter Kammer, an expert on Italy and Pasolini, recalls in his afterword Pasolini, this author, poet, and director, who early on - tenderly, melancholically, angrily - warned of the consequences of the economization of all areas of life that we are experiencing today. Wolfram Schütte, the legendary head of the feuilleton at the old Frankfurter Rundschau, summarizes Pasolini's impact in his tribute.