The âSpace Betweenâ: Pasoliniâs Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo and the Mediation of Scripture
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Rooted in Italian neorealism, Marxist theory, and centuries of Christian art and music, Pier Paolo Pasoliniâs Il Vangelo secondo Matteo reactivates the Gospel against the backdrop of Italian Marxism and social life in the mid-twentieth century. Through a hermeneutical reflection, this paper argues for the film as a central moment in the mediation and reception of the Christian story. Pasoliniâs transgressive and poetic cinema partakes in and expands a hermeneutical dynamic at the core of the Christian story. The filmâs documentary style, political subtexts, and eclectic setting highlight how the Christian story is a lived historical experience and thus does not transcend the social or historical circumstances of its telling and retelling. In a reciprocal encounter, both film and Gospel reveal the Christian storyâs multiple textuality. Taking this as its cue, this article explores how Pasoliniâs Matthew reveals the role of cinema as a site of hermeneutical and Christological reflection.
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The âSpace Betweenâ: Pasoliniâs Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo and the Mediation of Scripture
In: Biblical InterpretationSearch for other papers by Paul Clogher in
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Google Scholar
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Abstract
Rooted in Italian neorealism, Marxist theory, and centuries of Christian art and music, Pier Paolo Pasoliniâs Il Vangelo secondo Matteo reactivates the Gospel against the backdrop of Italian Marxism and social life in the mid-twentieth century. Through a hermeneutical reflection, this paper argues for the film as a central moment in the mediation and reception of the Christian story. Pasoliniâs transgressive and poetic cinema partakes in and expands a hermeneutical dynamic at the core of the Christian story. The filmâs documentary style, political subtexts, and eclectic setting highlight how the Christian story is a lived historical experience and thus does not transcend the social or historical circumstances of its telling and retelling. In a reciprocal encounter, both film and Gospel reveal the Christian storyâs multiple textuality. Taking this as its cue, this article explores how Pasoliniâs Matthew reveals the role of cinema as a site of hermeneutical and Christological reflection.
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| Abstract Views | 524 | 144 | 18 |
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| PDF Views & Downloads | 229 | 30 | 0 |
