Althusser and the Gospel According to St. Matthew

The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Althusser and The Gospel According to St. Matthew offers a concise introduction to Althusser's film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Pier Paolo Pasolini's retelling of the story of Jesus Christ. Consideration of Louis Althusser's work is usually marginal and never with the level of seriousness it demands. Presenting a new key figure to provide analysis to film theory, Agon Hamza not only fills a lacuna in the philosophical understanding of Althusser, but also makes an erudite contribution to the existing film studies discipline.