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The gospel according to Matthew
Uniform Title
Vangelo secondo Matteo (Motion picture)
Title
The gospel according to Matthew / written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini ; produced by Alfredo Bini.
ISBN
9798886070385
Publication
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Based on the Gospel of Matthew.
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Pasolini 101 set includes a book (95 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) containing "Why cinema?" by Pier Paolo Pasolini; "The elegiac heart: Pier Paolo Pasolini, filmmaker" by James Quandt; and The films with notes by James Quandt.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Scouting in Palestine, a documentary of Pasolini's 1963 travels to Palestine to find locations for The gospel according to Matthew, where he, a newsreel photographer and a Catholic priest sojourn from village to village with Pasolini making improvised observations and commentary; trailer.
Cinematography, Tonino Delli Colli ; editing, Nino Baragli ; music, Luis Bacalov.
Italian dialogue; English subtitles.
Summary
During the Roman occupation of Israel in the 1st century, a benevolent preacher wanders the land of Galilee professing to be the son of God.
Variant and related titles
English title: Gospel According To Matthew
Scouting in Palestine.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Italian
Added to Catalog
September 25, 2023
Series
Criterion collection
Pasolini 101 ; 004
Credits
Cinematography, Tonino Delli Colli ; editing, Nino Baragli ; music, Luis Bacalov.
Cast
Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate, Ferruccio Nuzzo, Otello Sestili, Alessandro Tasca, Paola Tedesco.
System details note
Blu-ray, region A, wide screen (1.85:1); mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC3462BD The Criterion Collection
CC3462BD-4 The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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