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Scouting in Palestine (1965)

ALL 07/11/1965 (it) Documentary 55 Min
  • Release
    07/11/1965
  • Production
    Arco Film
  • Rotten tomato
    72%
  • Original title
    Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il vangelo secondo Matteo
  • Original language
    it
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

In 1963, accompanied by a newsreel photographer and a Catholic priest, Piero Paolo Pasolini traveled to Palestine to investigate the possibility of filming his biblical epic The Gospel According to Matthew in its approximate historical locations. Edited by The Gospel‘s producer for potential funders and distributors, Seeking Locations in Palestine features semi-improvised commentary from Pasolini as its only soundtrack. As we travel from village to village, we listen to Pasolini’s idiosyncratic musings on the teachings of Christ and witness his increasing disappointment with the people and landscapes he sees before him. Israel, he laments, is much too modern. The Palestinians, much too wretched; it would be impossible to believe the teachings of Jesus had reached these faces. The Gospel According to Matthew was ultimately filmed in Southern Italy. Mel Gibson would use some of the same locations forty years later for The Passion of the Christ.

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Alfredo Bini

    Producer



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  1. Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Self (uncredited)

  2. Don Andrea Carraro

    Self (uncredited)

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Casts : 2 , Crews : 7

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Scouting in Palestine (1965) 55 Min

ALL 07/11/1965 (it)
Documentary
  • Release 07/11/1965
  • Production
    Arco Film
  • Original title Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il vangelo secondo Matteo
  • it
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In 1963, accompanied by a newsreel photographer and a Catholic priest, Piero Paolo Pasolini traveled to Palestine to investigate the possibility of filming his biblical epic The Gospel According to Matthew in its approximate historical locations. Edited by The Gospel‘s producer for potential funders and distributors, Seeking Locations in Palestine features semi-improvised commentary from Pasolini as its only soundtrack. As we travel from village to village, we listen to Pasolini’s idiosyncratic musings on the teachings of Christ and witness his increasing disappointment with the people and landscapes he sees before him. Israel, he laments, is much too modern. The Palestinians, much too wretched; it would be impossible to believe the teachings of Jesus had reached these faces. The Gospel According to Matthew was ultimately filmed in Southern Italy. Mel Gibson would use some of the same locations forty years later for The Passion of the Christ.

  1. Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Alfredo Bini

    Producer



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