MateraHe must part of his fame in the cinema that has chosen it as a natural set to tell biblical stories or, more recently, make itExceptional location for television fiction.
Matera Pasolini
The Gospel according to Matteo by Pier Paolo Pasolini
The result was, from the first moment, of strong impact and emotion as confirmed by the choice ofPier Paolo Pasolinithat to set his “Gospel according to Matthew”, preferred the strangerMateraand many of its inhabitants instead of the most predictableJerusalem.
Those stones, the atmosphere suspended in the time that lived at the time when the film was shot and that still attracts anyone who sees it for the first time, convinced the famous director to make the protagonist of what is still considered amasterpiece of Italian cinema.
The Passion Matera
The Passion by Mel Gibson
The Passionby Mel Gibson is a film shot in Matera of great success. In 2004 the American actor and directorMel GibsonHe decide to shoot his film "The Passion" (The Passion of Christ) right inStones of Matera. InSasso Caveoso, that is, the one that looks towards Montescaglioso, in front of theChurch of San Petro Caveoso, there is the well -known climb of the "Golgotha“. AlsoMel Gibson, as had happened to his predecessorPier Paolo Pasolini, he decided to shoot his film in Matera where an inspection that literally bewitched him.
Matera Film
Film in the Sassi of Matera
Over time, iSassiThey played the main role of tourist attraction for many other directors. The streets that wind through theSasso Caveoso and the Sasso Barisano, intact over the centuries, they are still the favorite places from productions all over the world which also thanks to a natural atmosphere, manage to further amplify their beauty.
Fiction "Sisters" in the Sassi di Matera
And the great beauty of Matera also conquered the TV that two years ago onRaiunoHe celebrated the arrival of the new year from the central square of the city of Sassi and last television season recorded the record of listening with thefiction “Sister”directed by Cinzia Th Torrini.
Film Matera. In more than 50 years, the city has lent its face to films that have made her honor, maintaining that uniqueness that Unesco also recognized in 1993.
Other films in Matera
MateraIt was also suitable for other feature films and short films. Between this “King David"Of Bruce Beresfordof 1985 to “The Nativity Story"Of Catherine Hardwickeof 2006. In 2015 in the city of the Sassi it was shot "Ben Hur"Of Timur Bekmambetov.
Matera set of cinema also in the future
That it is the goal of a camera, a camera or a camera,MateraHe presents himself with all his faces, expressions of a millennial story that still sees it intact today with an extraordinary story that makes it one of the oldest cities in the world.
