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The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders. They conspire to have him arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified, just as he prophesied to his followers. From TMDB
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The Gospel According to St. Matthew is a 1965 drama film, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso and Susanna Pasolini.
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60 of 79 · most liked firstWrote about why Last Temptation of Christ is the best Jesus movie for EASTER. (Also, some thoughts on why so many Jesus movies are so boring.) (Also wrote a bit about Pasolini's The Gospel According to St. Matthew.) (Wheeeee.) episodes.ghost.io/last-temptat...
neutral · AI labelView post →Pasolini, an atheist Communist, made The Gospel According to St Matthew - straight, literal, respectful - because he admired its revolutionary message. Never thought I'd see a Pope go full Book of Matthew, but...
neutral · AI labelView post →if i name movies about Christianity like Silence, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Last Temptation of Christ, and The Gospel According to St. Matthew, what others would you add to that list?
neutral · AI labelView post →Pasolini's THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW was so static that I could hardly wait for that loathsome prissy young man to get crucified. (1966)
negative · AI labelView post →a movie for the kind of people who love The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Silence, and The Gospel According to St. Matthew, and The Last Temptation of Christ
neutral · AI labelView post →A great film from each year of the 60s: 1960 Letter Never Sent 1961 The Innocents 1962 Kanchenjungha 1963 Charade 1964 The Gospel According to St Matthew 1965 Red Beard 1966 Fahrenheit 451 1967 Les Demoiselles de Rochefort 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Top 5 First Views of November 2025: 1. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pasolini, 🇮🇹, 1964) 2. Shoot The Moon (Parker, 🇺🇸, 1982) 3. Brigitte (Ramsay, 🇬🇧, 2019) 4. The Devil’s Backbone (Del Toro, 🇪🇸, 2001) 5. The Adventures of * (Hubley, 🇺🇸, 1957)
neutral · AI labelView post →You know what I wish the Odyssey had been more like. The Gospel According to St. Matthew
neutral · AI labelView post →The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Pier Paolo Pasolini My favorite Pasolini by miles, not least because such unadorned filmmaking from a gay Marxist, Roman ruins haunted by a word-for-word Bible quotes, shows nakedly how wrathful and apocalyptic even the softest pages of the gospels are.
positive · AI labelView post →Natalia Ginzburg as Mary of Bethany in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight on TCM #TCM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MATTHEW (1964) Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film is a stark, neorealist retelling of Christ’s life. One of the most haunting and human portrayals of the New Testament ever filmed. Recommended. 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini)
neutral · AI labelView post →#filmsky Crucifixion movies sounds like a real downer genre, but some terrific films have artistically dramatized the death of Jesus. Wyler’s Ben Hur, Pasolini’s The Gospel According To St. Matthew and Scorsese’s The Last Temptation Of Christ are searing examples; so is Life Of Brian - Oops!
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite film from every decade: 20s Metropolis 30s L’âge d’or 40s In a Lonely Place 50s Godzilla (1954) 60s The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pasolini) 70s Jubilee (Jarman) 80s Aliens 90s Run Lola Run 00s Hero (Jet Li) 10s Annihilation 20s The Inheritance (dir. Ephraim Asili, 2020)
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m watching Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew now and it is hard for me to take Italian Jesus seriously
negative · AI labelView post →THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW HAIL MARY HEAT
neutral · AI labelView post →> That's mostly the first chapter, genesis, the begat this stuff. But then, don't discount the chapter where the twelve Jewish tribes send their gifts to Moses (iirc), and the full account of the lavish gifts is given, per each tribe. I've read through the whole thing to confirm the madness that the list is *identical* for each tribe, and is repeated twelve times. I'd like someone in a US church choose that chapter for their Sunday reading of the Bible, and then see the faces of the…
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching IL DEMONIO (1963). Fun to confirm my hunch that it was shot in the same town as Pasolini's THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964).
neutral · AI labelView post →In A Lonely Place, starring Humphrey Bogart. With Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Kevin Smith’s Clerks, and Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew also contenders. Very eclectic mix—the beauty of living in postmodern times.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today in 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini was brutally murdered, allegedly by a rent boy who confessed then recanted. It was ironic this horrific murder occurred as Pasolini finished his apocalyptic Salo; I prefer to revisit his superb The Gospel According To St. Matthew, with Christ portraying Mandami
positive · AI labelView post →The Iron Giant → Colossus The Forbin Project Criss Cross → Crimson Kimono Master & Commander → The Nice Guys The Gospel According to St. Matthew → Divorce Italian Style Cracked Actor: A Film abt David Bowie → Tokyo Melody: A Film abt Ryuichi Sakamoto Starship Troopers → Inglorious Basterds
neutral · AI labelView post →#filmsky While visiting Italy, I’ve noticed they love a good passion play. It reminds me of how superb Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According To St. Matthew was - a cinematic masterpiece compared to Hollywood’s lumbering Bible epics. Do the Italians simply tell the story of Christ much better?
positive · AI labelView post →Pasolini's reverential The Gospel According To St. Matthew is our Easter Sunday rec to anyone who hasn't seen it. Filmed in a neo-realist style w/ sparse dialogue lifted directly from the Gospel, the Marxist Pasolini directed one of the most literal Biblical films to date.
neutral · AI labelView post →My review of The Gospel According to St. Matthew on Letterboxd boxd.it/56aT3X
neutral · AI labelView post →Easter Sunday at the Aero 🐰 PETER RABBIT AND TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER (1971) – 12 pm THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964) – 3 pm DONNIE DARKO (2001) / THE EVIL DEAD (1981) in 35mm – 7:30 pm www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/
neutral · AI labelView post →My 174 Favorite Films: 43. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964). Historical drama/Biblical adaptation. Written/Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Starring: Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso. #filmsky #pasolini #italy #jesuschrist
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm afraid The Gospel According to St. Matthew is outside the specified decade (although I love that movie). Plus I think Elio Petri and Pasolini make for an interesting pairing. Both communist Italian directors dealing with similar themes, but quite different stylistically.
neutral · AI labelView post →film critic pal & I discussed Pasolini's "The Gospel According to St. Matthew". Pasolini’s radical yet reverent retelling presents Jesus as an uncompromising revolutionary. daredaniel.com/2026/08/04/c...
neutral · AI labelView post →Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew made waves at the 1964 Venice Film Festival. By casting non-professionals and stripping away religious polish for raw realism, he forever changed the biblical epic. A masterpiece of grit. #CinemaHistory
neutral · AI labelView post →A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 300. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964, Pier Paolo Pasolini) #FilmSky #MovieSky
positive · AI labelView post →The Gospel According to St. Matthew and Grogu
neutral · AI labelView post →I‘m pretty sure the only good depiction of Christ in film ever is Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St Matthew
positive · AI labelView post →There’s a line I think from Pasolini using Odetta etc (beautifully) alongside Bach in The Gospel According to St Matthew.
neutral · AI labelView post →60s Films in no particular order: Kes Andrei Rublev Battle Of Algiers My Night With Maud Mouchette The Gospel According To St Matthew Persona L’Avventura Viridiana
neutral · AI labelView post →FilmSky📽️ Pier Paolo Pasolini's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 remains a stirring, if occasionally musically dissonant, view of Jesus's life. My ★★★★½ review of The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) on @letterboxd: boxd.it/6a8yp9
positive · AI labelView post →i've looked at these Brothers Quay images a ton but only just noticed that in the background there's a Czech poster for Pasolini's The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), and a poster for a film I've never heard of, Doktor Judym (1975), directed by Włodzimierz Haupe, i am now v curious
neutral · AI labelView post →for a double feature i would do TOMMY or gaspar noé’s CLIMAX but would i ever run an anti clerical series of THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MATTHEW, THE DEVILS, and BENEDETTA lmfao
neutral · AI labelView post →362. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964) [First Watch]
neutral · AI labelView post →4 September 1964: Epic biblical drama ‘The Gospel According to St. Matthew’, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It's considered a classic of world cinema & the neorealist genre. Rotten Tomatoes score: 89% Letterboxd score: 4.1 (82%) #FilmSky #TodayAtTheMovies
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964, Italy) with Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini. The life of Jesus, with the unknown Irazoqui as Christ. He was an economics student that the director (Pasolini) met at a political rally.
neutral · AI labelView post →Can’t recommend The Gospel According to St. Matthew highly enough.
positive · AI labelView post →Trilogy of Life is essential! Don't skip The Gospel According to St. Matthew, very good stuff there
positive · AI labelView post →It's my latest CANON OF FILM blog! It's the story of JESUS! The great BIBLICAL EPIC ironically from one of ITALY's most controversial, and confrontation directors. From PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, "THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW"! Check it out. 📽️ davidbaruffi.blogspot.com/2026/05/cano...
positive · AI labelView post →If you want a very different view of the same story — The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Pier Pasolini, an Italian Marxist director. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gos...
neutral · AI labelView post →21. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) First Pasolini film to be thematic with Easter(ish) times. Had a weird energy to it, in a good way. Very grounded. The focus of things makes director's Marxism EXCEEDINGLY clear lmao Can also appreciate the fact that it kept the fig tree bit in.
positive · AI labelView post →Steven is the expert here, but I'll offer the following: - The Gospel According to St. Matthew - The Last Temptation of Christ - Last Days in the Desert I have quibbles w/ all three (some aesthetic, some theological), but they're all worth watching and have enriched my thinking about Jesus' life
neutral · AI labelView post →Bill Simmons: It's The Gospel According to St. Matthew next on The Rewatchables
neutral · AI labelView post →"This is one of those movies where I can confidently say this is a perfect film and also the kind of film that is generally difficult for me to vibe with..." My ★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini #CriterionChallenge 📽️🎬
positive · AI labelView post →> Pasolini, an atheist and communist, came close in the approach with ‘The Gospel According to St. Matthew’, but the result is a rather romantic vision of the life of Jesus, perhaps dictated by both the chosen source material and Pasolini's ‘nostalgia for belief’. As a former Christian and current socialist, it makes sense for socialists/communists to have a romantic view of the life of Jesus. It's the one part of my old beliefs that I can't let go of, since it shaped the values that I have…
neutral · AI labelView post →Do you have a moment to talk about The Gospel According to St. Matthew?
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay but I remember the movies priests would talk about during their homilies and now I wish I could tell them to watch The Gospel According to St. Matthew
neutral · AI labelView post →“What if instead of The Gospel According to St. Matthew his favorite was that OTHER Pasolini film, you know, THAT one?” You can use this for free, Bill
neutral · AI labelView post →The Gospel According to St Matthew does as well!
neutral · AI labelView post →Who watched THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MATTHEW (1964) the other night? Thoughts? 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Pasolini’s Canterbury Tales and The Gospel According to St. Matthew and it’s hard to imagine two films more dissimilar
neutral · AI labelView post →That's cheating, Gian Maria Volonté is clearly Derrida's screen name. It's like saying that guy who plays Philip in The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) could play Giorgio Agamben.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Pasolini
neutral · AI labelView post →10. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. my first pasolini and it's a great one! his approach still feels radical and unmatched: instead of an amalgamation or a greatest hits of jesus pop culture moments, he's sticking to one book and adapts it like a work of literature
positive · AI labelView post →I recommend Pier Paolo Pasolini's the Gospel According to St. Matthew, Oedipus Rex, the Decameron, Medea, the Canterbury Tales, or Arabian Nights instead. I really like Pasolini because he was a gay man not afraid to show homoeroticism and full-frontal male nudity in his films.
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