The Gospel According to St. Matthew

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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 24 Based on a true story in 2 hours and 16 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Italian and American English audio options with American English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Teddy B @RT90521672 Apr 30 Pasolini humbles the Passion without the grandiose frivolities, overblown budgets and misplaced cruelty of other interpretations. The simplicity of the film, very much a 'what you see is what you get' type situation, feels interesting but isolating at the same time. The documentary style and over-reliance of pure silence does make this film slightly uncomfortable to get through, though. See more Alec B @Alec97 04/13/2025 It's interesting to compare this to the biblical epics getting cranked out by Hollywood at the same time. Those movies were massive in scope, incredibly long, overwrought, and excessively sentimental while Pasolini's vision is intimate, comparatively short, and more emotionally subdued. Can you guess which was the more successful? See more Vitor O @RT19027067 03/15/2025 Arguably the best religious epic from the 60's, this picture (made by an atheist and marxist Pasolini) is beautiful, elegant, and stripped from all the nonsense and hokum characteristic from the Holywoodian versions from that era. See more Hilary L @RT45867698 04/03/2024 Terrible movie. The acting is bad, the depiction of Jesus Christ is by far the worst I've seen in my life. See more Nawt W @RT94004908 01/09/2023 How ironic that one of the most faithful depictions of Jesus' life is put on film by a gay, Marxist atheist. Showing Matthew 1–28 in the most unostentatious, raw way possible. Everything is under the rule of realism, starting with the unkempt unibrow of first-time actor Enrique Irazoqui, who plays the most intimidating Jesus yet. His deadpan expression of determination and his sudden splashes of temper really paint a vivid picture of a preacher. As is customary with neorealism, non-professional actors are used, and this Bible story is no exception. The muddy outskirts of Judea clash with anachronistic Roman armor that is clearly not from this age or maybe the Roman era at all. The movie has one Odetta song play on repeat, and since this is an Italian movie, the mandatory dub is mostly out of sync. See more Read all reviews

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