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Sep 13, 2024 · Nikos Kazantzakis' landmark novel comes to breathtaking life in this moving and spiritual film. The all-star cast includes Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, and Willem Dafoe as Jesus.
5 days ago · Image via Warner Bros. Look, if you wanted to say that Joe Pesci gives the best performance of anyone in any Martin Scorsese movie in Goodfellas, that wouldn’t be an unreasonable thing to argue ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Set during the apex of the Roman Empire, The Last Temptation of Christ follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion at the hands of the Romans and the governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate.
Aug 27, 2024 · One of Scorsese’s earlier religious films, The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), was controversial for what more conservative Christian groups deemed “blasphemous” depictions of Jesus. The film’s most thought-provoking scenes depict Christ’s temptation to live as a man, married to Mary Magdalene and raising children, free from the ...
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Aug 25, 2024 · Not many films are made about religion, but Martin Scorsese’s 2016 film was about religion, one of the rare ones. The producer/director, who was brought up Catholic, has tackled religion before in films such as (controversially) The Last Temptation of Christ and Kundun.
Sep 7, 2024 · This fifteen-year labor of love, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s landmark novel that imagines an alternate fate for Jesus Christ, features outstanding performances by Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, and David Bowie; bold cinematography by the great Michael Ballhaus; and a transcendent score by Peter Gabriel.
Sep 8, 2024 · Nikos Kazantzakis' landmark novel comes to breathtaking life in this moving and spiritual film. The all-star cast includes Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, and Willem Dafoe as Jesus.
