Synopsis
Written between the appearance of his renowned film
Teorema and the shocking, controversial
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom,
St Paul was deemed too risky for investors. At once a political intervention and cinematic breakthrough, the script forces a revolutionary transformation on the contemporary legacy of Paul. In
Pasolini's kaleidoscope, we encounter fascistic movements, resistance fighters, and faltering revolutions, each of which reflects on aspects of the Pauline teachings. From Jerusalem to Wall Street and Greenwich Village, from the rise of SS troops to the death of
Martin Luther King, Jr, here – as
Alain Badiou writes in the foreword – 'Paul's text crosses all these circumstances intact, as if it had foreseen them all'.