Publisher's Synopsis
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW
PIER PAOLO PASOLINIPOCKET MOVIE GUIDEBy Jeremy Mark RobinsonA new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini's best-known movie, The Gospel According To Matthew (1964), widely regarded as the finest film about Christ, and one of the great religious movies. Pier Paolo Pasolini's other works in cinema include the controversial Salo, the 'trilogy of life' movies based on Middle Ages texts (Chaucer, Boccaccio and 1001 Nights), adaptations of ancient world plays (Medea and Oedipus Rex), and poetic portraits of contemporary Roman life (Accattone, Mamma Roma and The Hawks and the Sparrows). The book includes a biography of Pier Paolo Pasolini, an exploration of aspects of his cinema, and topics related to Pasolini's life and interests such as religion, poetry, homosexuality, his colleagues, Marxist politics, modern Italy, and the Third World. Pier Paolo Pasolini was born on March 5, 1922, in Bologna, Italy. He died on November 2, 1975, in Ostia, Rome (he was buried in Casarca, in his beloved Friuli). When he was a film director, Pier Paolo Pasolini was certainly an intimidating presence, with a formidable reputation - like Cecil B. DeMille, D.W. Griffith or Jean-Luc Godard. Very confident, very smart, a great talker and interviewee, a leader on set, with no doubts from anyone about who was the primary creator and author. The appendices include quotes by Pasolini; a chapter on The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), one of the inspirations for The Gospel According To Matthew; and on Renaissance artists. The full text of the Gospel from the New Testament is included for reference. Fully illustrated. Bibliography, appendices, filmography and notes. 356 pages. Hardcover with a colour laminated cover. www.crmoon.com
