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The Gospel According to St. Matthew

Release Date: 1964

Cast: Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Marcello Morante, Susanna Pasolini

Categories: Movies, Christian film, Art film, World cinema, Costume drama, Hagiography, Biographical film, Historical drama

The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Italian: Il Vangelo secondo Matteo) is a 1964 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It is a retelling of the story of Jesus Christ, from the Nativity through the Resurrection. The dialogue is primarily taken directly from the Gospel of Matthew, as Pasolini felt that "images could never reach the poetic heights of the text." He reportedly chose Matthew's Gospel over the others because he had decided that "John was too mystical, Mark too vulgar, and Luke too sentimental." According to Barth David Schwartz’s book Pasolini Requiem (1992), the... MORE

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