Sat September 28, 2013
In Search of Locations for The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy, 1964)
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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New 35mm Print!
(Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il film Il Vangelo secondo Matteo). A record of Pasolini’s travels in Israel and Palestine in preparation for The Gospel According to St. Matthew, this documentary offers both insights into the director’s process and intriguing glimpses of the region in the pre-1967 era. “In the course of his hastily improvised commentary, Pasolini explains that once he saw the Holy Land he realized that it would be impossible to film Il vangelo there: everything—buildings, kibbutzes, faces—was far too modern. As we see him visit one legendary site after another, he begins to compare the landscape of the Holy Land with that of southern Italy, where he would actually film Il vangelo secondo Matteo” (Naomi Green, Pier Paolo Pasolini: Cinema as Heresy).
• (55 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Luce Cinecittà, permission Ripley’s Film)
Preceded by:
Notes for a Film about India
(Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1968)
(Appunti per un film sull’India). Pasolini’s documentary “is a film in search of faces, bodies, ideas for a film to be made on India. The film you see is not that film; it is rather ‘a film for a film to be made’ ” (Sam Rohdie, The Passion of Pier Paolo Pasolini). (32 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, HDcam, From Luce Cinecittà)
Total running time: 87 mins
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(Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il film Il Vangelo secondo Matteo). A record of Pasolini’s travels in Israel and Palestine in preparation for The Gospel According to St. Matthew, this documentary offers both insights into the director’s process and intriguing glimpses of the region in the pre-1967 era. “In the course of his hastily improvised commentary, Pasolini explains that once he saw the Holy Land he realized that it would be impossible to film Il vangelo there: everything—buildings, kibbutzes, faces—was far too modern. As we see him visit one legendary site after another, he begins to compare the landscape of the Holy Land with that of southern Italy, where he would actually film Il vangelo secondo Matteo” (Naomi Green, Pier Paolo Pasolini: Cinema as Heresy).
• (55 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Luce Cinecittà, permission Ripley’s Film)
Preceded by:
Notes for a Film about India
(Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1968)
(Appunti per un film sull’India). Pasolini’s documentary “is a film in search of faces, bodies, ideas for a film to be made on India. The film you see is not that film; it is rather ‘a film for a film to be made’ ” (Sam Rohdie, The Passion of Pier Paolo Pasolini). (32 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, HDcam, From Luce Cinecittà)
Total running time: 87 mins
New 35mm Print!
(Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il film Il Vangelo secondo Matteo). A record of Pasolini’s travels in Israel and Palestine in preparation for The Gospel According to St. Matthew, this documentary offers both insights into the director’s process and intriguing glimpses of the region in the pre-1967 era. “In the course of his hastily improvised commentary, Pasolini explains that once he saw the Holy Land he realized that it would be impossible to film Il vangelo there: everything—buildings, kibbutzes, faces—was far too modern. As we see him visit one legendary site after another, he begins to compare the landscape of the Holy Land with that of southern Italy, where he would actually film Il vangelo secondo Matteo” (Naomi Green, Pier Paolo Pasolini: Cinema as Heresy).
• (55 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Luce Cinecittà, permission Ripley’s Film)
Preceded by:
Notes for a Film about India
(Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1968)
(Appunti per un film sull’India). Pasolini’s documentary “is a film in search of faces, bodies, ideas for a film to be made on India. The film you see is not that film; it is rather ‘a film for a film to be made’ ” (Sam Rohdie, The Passion of Pier Paolo Pasolini). (32 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, HDcam, From Luce Cinecittà)
Total running time: 87 mins
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(Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il film Il Vangelo secondo Matteo). A record of Pasolini’s travels in Israel and Palestine in preparation for The Gospel According to St. Matthew, this documentary offers both insights into the director’s process and intriguing glimpses of the region in the pre-1967 era. “In the course of his hastily improvised commentary, Pasolini explains that once he saw the Holy Land he realized that it would be impossible to film Il vangelo there: everything—buildings, kibbutzes, faces—was far too modern. As we see him visit one legendary site after another, he begins to compare the landscape of the Holy Land with that of southern Italy, where he would actually film Il vangelo secondo Matteo” (Naomi Green, Pier Paolo Pasolini: Cinema as Heresy).
• (55 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From Luce Cinecittà, permission Ripley’s Film)
Preceded by:
Notes for a Film about India
(Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1968)
(Appunti per un film sull’India). Pasolini’s documentary “is a film in search of faces, bodies, ideas for a film to be made on India. The film you see is not that film; it is rather ‘a film for a film to be made’ ” (Sam Rohdie, The Passion of Pier Paolo Pasolini). (32 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, B&W, HDcam, From Luce Cinecittà)
Total running time: 87 mins
show less
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