The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964; Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini)
Canon Fodder Episode 67
This week, Daniel and Corky spread the good word about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Shot with neorealist immediacy and scored with everything from Bach to Blind Willie Johnson, Pasolini’s radical yet reverent retelling presents Jesus as an uncompromising revolutionary with no time to waste. But did your hosts see the light in Pasolini’s vision, or did they fall just short of salvation?
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #157 [tied]
World premiere: Sept. 4, 1964 (Venice Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for The Gospel According to St. Matthew
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Touki Bouki (1973; Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty)
IMDB synopsis: “Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.”
Our review of Touki Bouki comes out Tuesday, Aug. 18!
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