The Best Easter Movie Of All Time Was Made By A Gay, Commie Atheist. No, Really

Space_Time · Mar 30, 2024

I was truly struck by this. It would be easy to condemn the director because of his views but the nuance here is fascinating. Especially interesting is the comparison to Mel Gibson's 'Passion of the Christ':

https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/30/...o-pasolini-gospel-according-st-matthew-italy/

The Best Easter Movie Of All Time Was Made By A Gay, Commie Atheist. No, Really

ANALYSISThe gospel According to St. Matthew. [YouTube/Sands Films/Screenshot]

[YouTube/Sands Films/Screenshot]

GAGE KLIPPER

COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS WRITER

March 30, 2024

2:12 PM ET

You may think Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” is the quintessential Easter film. But there would be no “Passion” without Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1964 masterpiece, “The Gospel According to St. Matthew.”

The Italian auteur was about as radically left-wing as one could be — even by the standards of his own turbulent time. He was openly homosexual, with an artistic (and often personal) fascination with extreme psychosexual taboos. He was a self-declared Marxist who took an active role in the communist movements of post-war Italy, despite significant points of contention with the Italian Communist Party. And although he was raised in a devout Catholic family, and those religious affinities permeated his thinking and career, he was an avowed non-believer. He’s worth remembering on the merits of his work alone, but his brutal abduction, torture and still-unsolved murder in 1975 solidified his legendary status as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.
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