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PierPaoloPasoliniwantedtoshoothisfilmaboutJesus,IlvangelosecondoMatteo(1964),intheHolyLanditself.Butduringatriptoscoutlocations,itbecameclearthatthiswouldbeimpossible:themodernworldhadbecomevisibleintoomanyplaces.AndreiUjicainterweavesfootageofthisvisit,inwhichPasoliniadmiresthedesertlandscapewithhisVaticanadviserDonAndreaCarraro,withexcerptsfromIlvangelosecondoMatteo. Ujicajuxtaposesshotsofanincreasinglystormyseawithaquotefromthefilm(whichcomesfromtheGospelofMatthew),inwhichJesuswarnsagainstthehypocrisyofthelawyersandthePharisees.Themusicaccompanyingtheclosingcredits,2PacShakur's“Hit'emUp,”addsasurprisinglayerofmeaningtothis11-minutepoeticcommentaryonPasolini’sfilm.