(++) Il vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew / 1964 Pasolini), feature film

Il vangelo secondo Matteo <Italian> / The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) is a feature film (sound, B&W), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Abstract

Based solely on the Gospel of Matthew and dedicated “alla cara, lieta, familiare memoria di Giovanni XXIII” by the Marxist director, is one of the universally acknowledged masterpieces of religious cinema. Attempt to make Jesus more realistic and less a Hollywood concoction involves non-professional actors from a peasant location in Southern Italy in a choral and touching reenactment of the life of Jesus as the advocate of the poor and oppressed.

Editions

Produced and released in Italy (1964). Distributed internationally.

Scenes

• Nativity of Jesus
  • Annunciation to Joseph
  • Adoration of the Magi
  • Massacre of the Innocents
  • Flight into Egypt (including the Death of Herod the Great and the Return from Egypt)

• Ministry of Jesus
  • Preaching of John the Baptist
  • Baptism of Jesus
  • Temptation of Jesus
  • Beginning of Galilean Ministry
  • Call of the First Disciples
  • ...
  • Cleansing a Leper
  • Sermon on the Mount
    • Beatitudes (5:1-12)
    • Teaching about the Law (5:17-20)
    • Salt and Light (5:13-16)
    • Treasure in Heaven (6:19-21)
    • God and Mammon (6:24)
    • Teaching about Almsgiving
    • Love for Enemies
    • Judging Others (7:1-5)
    • Teaching about Prayer / Lord's Prayer (6:5-15)
    • Care and Anxiety (6:25-34)
    • Narrow Gate
  • ...
  • Lord of the Sabbath (12:1-8)
  • Feeding the Multitude
  • Walking on Water (14:22-33)
  • Messengers from John the Baptist
  • Jesus and Beelzebul (12:22-32) // Mark 3:22–30; Luke 11:14-23
  • Demand for a Sign (12:38-42) // Mark 8:11–13; Luke 11:29-32
  • Return of the Unclean Spirit
  • Jesus' True Relatives
  • Hometown Rejection
  • Rich Young Man
  • Little Children Blessed
  • Beheading of John the Baptist
  • Peter's Confession
  • Greatest in the Kingdom (18:1-5) // Matthew 9:33-37; Luke 9:46-48
  • Lost Sheep (18:10-14) // Luke 15:1-7
  • Brother Who Sins (18:15-20) // Luke 17:3
  • Third Prediction of the Passion

• Passion of Jesus
  • Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
  • Cleansing of the Temple
  • Cursing the Fig Tree
  • Question about Authority
  • Two Sons
  • Wicked Husbandmen
  • Question about the Resurrection
  • Great Commandment
  • Woe to the Scribes
  • Lament over Jerusalem
  • Prediction of the Destruction of Jerusalem
  • Plot to Kill Jesus
  • Anointing at Bethany
  • Betrayal of Judas
  • Last Supper
  • Peter's Denial (I)
  • Arrest of Jesus
  • Trial of Jesus (I)
  • Peter's Denial (II)
  • Trial of Jesus (II)
  • Mocking of Jesus
  • Crucifixion of Jesus
  • Burial of Jesus

• Resurrection of Jesus
  • Guard at the Tomb
  • Empty Tomb
  • Appearances of Jesus

External links

• Wikipedia.en -- Wikipedia.it