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  • Actors: Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate
  • Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Writers: Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Producers: Alfredo Bini
  • Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, PAL
  • Language Italian
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Palisades Tartan
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Sep 2002
  • Run Time: 127 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006G9XK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,973 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features

16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 5
Italian
Region 0
Dolby Digital Italian
Dolby Digital
Star And Director Filmographies
Scene Selection
Wally Hammond Film Notes
English


Synopsis

Christ's life is presented with respect for the traditional religious doctrine of the church, but Pasolini's trademark naturalism "humanizes" his subject and makes Him his own. The documentary-style camera captures Christ's meetings with the men who were to become his disciples, the Last Supper, and the betrayal by Judas. Note the rich music of Bach, Mozart, Prokofiev and Webern and Odetta's passionate singing. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best (Adapted) Score.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary and challenging film, with subtitles., 17 April 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: The Gospel According To St. Matthew [VHS] [1967] (VHS Tape)
Cinematographically this is a quite extraordinary, deeply religious and visually challenging film. The choice of locations, inventive use of music, and above all the casting (the faces are extraordinary) makes this a film which we will watch time and time again. Pasolini has always been controversial - he brings to the subject matter subtle, interesting and powerful viewpoints.

Perhaps the film would be viewed by more non-Italian speakers if it was advised that the video has English sub-titles.

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a literal, riveting telling, 2 Mar 2004
By Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gospel According To St. Matthew [VHS] [1967] (VHS Tape)
Filmed in Southern Italy in rocky hillside villages and along the coast, Pasolini's "Gospel" has the feel of a silent film, with its long close-ups of its cast of non-professional actors, which include Susanna Pasolini, the filmmaker's mother, and how the camera loves these rough, beautiful and distinctive faces…it is like a moving tapestry of Renaissance paintings, and a visual artist's dream film.
Enrique Irazoqui's Jesus, with his lofty forehead, thick eyebrows that meet over his nose, and coal black eyes, is stern and compelling, and recites the Gospel with strength and mettle.

Released forty years ago, the quality of this black and white film is gritty, which adds to the harsh depiction of the life and the landscape. Though much less ambitious, it reminds me a little of Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev", and it has the same pacing (especially in the first hour) and gravity. The soundtrack also shows signs of age, and includes Bach, Mozart, Prokofiev, Webern, some American spirituals ("Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" during the Manger scene), Kol Nidrei during the Last Supper scene, and Missa Luba. There is also a biting wind, whooshing and whistling though much of the film.
This is a literal, marvelous interpretation of St. Matthew's Gospel, which is sometimes simple and sometimes quite savage (the Massacre of the Innocents is chaotic); a must see for anyone interested in Christianity, and students of film and the graphic arts.

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest master-pieces of cinema of all times, 30 Nov 2000
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This review is from: The Gospel According To St. Matthew [VHS] [1967] (VHS Tape)
I would frezze-frame my video to watch individual images,so beautiful is the photography of the film. The use of non-actors in a heterodox version of the story is overwhelming along with the dinamics of the film-making. Take as an example the Virgin Mary is a 12 year-old girl with beautiful big dark eyes, or Christ itself is a short-haired, thick eye-browed boy with the most intense look of J. Christ in cinema. The music is astonishingly heterodox: e.g. Missa Gongolensis sung in latin by tribal drummer musicians of african Congo, American blues, etc. Its the only story of JC in film where the human side takes over the religious side without going astray from the original text of the Bible. Its an astonishing film. A master-piece. J. Capelo Lisbon
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best biblical film ever!
The Gospel According To St. Matthew [1967] [DVD]

I saw this film when it was released in the early 1960's and left a profound impression on me. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. M. Globe

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as groundbreaking as it once seemed but still worthwhile
Pasolini's The Gospel According to Matthew (with a bit of Mark and Isiah thrown in too) looks a little less edgy these days. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

1.0 out of 5 stars How could anyone recommned this film?
It was a huge disappointment. There are so many other really good films about Jesus' life; has any one tried the Miracle Maker, to name one? Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. J. M. Wolstenholme

5.0 out of 5 stars A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS JESUS SON OF GOD
If ever I loved Jesus and I do, this one portrayal of him comes the nearest to the man (God) I follow. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2007 by Highlander

5.0 out of 5 stars Tthe best film about Jesus ever made.
Pasolini was a gay,Marxist atheist who made the best film there is about Jesus and dedicated it to Pope John XXIII.The Almighty does indeed move in mysterious ways. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2007 by PygmyTwylyte

5.0 out of 5 stars the power and the passion
This was the film that got me into film 40 years ago.I still vividly recall the effect it had on me all those years ago, and I named my firstborn Matthew in tribute. Read more
Published on 23 April 2007 by J. M. Gardner

3.0 out of 5 stars Christ as anti-establishment icon
"The Gospel According to St Matthew" is a straightforward account of the first Gospel and I don't see why this black and white film is rated so highly. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2006 by L. Davidson

4.0 out of 5 stars a note regarding The Vatican...
the commentary on the DVD indicates that the Vatican warmed to this film a great deal (...contrary to the heading of a previous review... Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2005 by TwirlySue

4.0 out of 5 stars The Lord works in mysterious ways
One hardly knows where to begin when discussing The Gospel According to Saint Matthew. Aside from the religious aspects of the film, you have to talk about Pasolini's techniques... Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2005 by Daniel Jolley

5.0 out of 5 stars The Vatican hated it and the Kreml hated it
This film is not only extrtemely beautiful, it is a revolutionary piece of art. It was on the index of the Vatican and it was forbidden in Moscow. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2005 by V. Dapra

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