From jsiegel@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu Sat Jul 1 00:11:25 2000 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id AAA35414 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2000 00:11:24 -0700 Received: from rly-ip01.mx.aol.com (rly-ip01.mx.aol.com [205.188.156.49]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id AAA15490 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2000 00:11:23 -0700 Received: from tot-tj.proxy.aol.com (tot-tj.proxy.aol.com [152.163.213.131]) by rly-ip01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/AOL-5.0.0) with ESMTP id DAA07355 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2000 03:11:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from procne (ACA34726.ipt.aol.com [172.163.71.38]) by tot-tj.proxy.aol.com (8.10.0/8.10.0) with SMTP id e617BAb04997 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2000 03:11:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <013c01bfe32b$2ecf4e20$a6dfb298@procne> From: "Janice Siegel" To: References: Subject: Re: THE Best films on Greece & Rome Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 03:08:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0139_01BFE309.A6F443A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Apparently-From: Jfsiegel@aol.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0139_01BFE309.A6F443A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A while ago, Elias wrote: > ... the most powerful film set in Roman antiquity is, I think, Pier = Paolo Pasolini's Il Vangelo secondo Matteo =3D The gospel according to = Saint Matthew / di > Pier Paolo Pasolini ; un film prodotto da Alfredo Bini ; sceneggiature = e > regia di Pier Paolo Pasolini. 1964. >=20 > quo melius nihil. >=20 > EJTh >=20 I showed that film - or parts of it - to my class last semester as we = read the Gospel of Matthew. In fact, I believe it was filmed in Sicily. = It is a most effective presentation. As far as i could tell, not a word = was added or missing from the gospel - dialogue and narration. My students argued about one interesting point without resolving it. I = asked them to tell me if the angel was male or female. They were pretty = evenly split. My point was that Pasolini purposely chose a beautiful = pubescent male (with gorgeously long eyelashes) to portray the angel, a = creature without gender (or sex, for that matter).=20 Too, the presentation of the Pharisees was as biased in the film as in = the gospel. A very helpful suuplement to the text. A brilliant production, Elias. I agree. It made me go out and rent = Pasolini's Decameron, which I also enjoyed, but it ain't no gospel. Sorry about the lack of classical content... Janice Siegel (aka Dr. J) Temple University Intellectual Heritage Program Philadelphia, PA 19122 http://nimbus.temple.edu/~jsiegel (Dr. J's Guide to the Classical World) http://www.drjclassics.com (Survey of AV Resources for Classics) ------=_NextPart_000_0139_01BFE309.A6F443A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A while ago, Elias wrote:

> ... the most powerful film = set in Roman=20 antiquity is, I think, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Il Vangelo = secondo Matteo=20 =3D The gospel according to Saint Matthew / di
> Pier Paolo = Pasolini ; un=20 film prodotto da Alfredo Bini ; sceneggiature e
> regia di Pier = Paolo=20 Pasolini. 1964.
>
> quo melius nihil.
>
> = EJTh
>=20

I showed that film - or parts of it - = to my class=20 last semester as we read the Gospel of Matthew. In fact, I believe it = was filmed=20 in Sicily. It is a most effective presentation. As far as i could = tell, not=20 a word was added or missing from the gospel - dialogue and=20 narration.

My students argued about one = interesting point=20 without resolving it. I asked them to tell me if the angel was male or = female.=20 They were pretty evenly split. My point was that Pasolini purposely = chose a=20 beautiful pubescent male (with gorgeously long eyelashes) to = portray the=20 angel, a creature without gender (or sex, for that=20 matter).

Too, the presentation of the Pharisees = was as=20 biased in the film as in the gospel. A very helpful suuplement to the=20 text.

A brilliant production, Elias. I agree. = It made me=20 go out and rent Pasolini's Decameron, which I also enjoyed, but it = ain't no=20 gospel.

Sorry about the lack of classical=20 content...

Janice Siegel (aka Dr. J)
Temple=20 University
Intellectual Heritage Program
Philadelphia, PA = 19122
http://nimbus.temple.edu/~jsie= gel=20 (Dr. J's Guide to the Classical World)
http://www.drjclassics.com = (Survey of AV=20 Resources for Classics)

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