{"product_id":"st-paul-a-screenplay-9781836740384","title":"St. Paul: A Screenplay","description":"Presented here for the first time in English is a remarkable screenplay about the apostle Paul by Pier Paolo Pasolini, legendary filmmaker, novelist, poet, and radical intellectual activist. Written between the appearance of his renowned film \u003ci\u003eTeorema \u003c\/i\u003eand the shocking, controversial \u003ci\u003eSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSt Paul \u003c\/i\u003ewas 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'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a key addition to the growing debate around St Paul and to the proliferation of literature centred on the current turn to religion in philosophy and critical theory, which embraces contemporary figures such as Alain Badiou, Slavoj Žižek and Giorgio Agamben.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePier Paolo Pasolini\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-75) was an Italian film director, poet, writer and one of the most controversial and provocative intellectuals of his time. He worked together with Mauro Bolognini, Bernardo Bertolucci and Franco Rossi. Mostly known for his first and last films, \u003ci\u003eAccattone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalò\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to St. Matthew\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e, he was also a prolific essayist and activist. He was murdered in 1975.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705029689618,"sku":"9781836740384","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0c5b61a9-7b6f-435a-8d87-10e22fdade64.jpg?v=1762337638","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/st-paul-a-screenplay-9781836740384","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}