The Last Temptation of Christ (Blu-ray, Criterion Collection) R
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- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 43 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 13, 2012
- Originally Released: 1988
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton & David Bowie | |
Directed by | Martin Scorsese | |
Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker | |
Music by | Peter Gabriel | |
Screenplay by | Paul Schrader | |
Produced by | Barbara De Fina | |
Director of Photography: | Michael Ballhaus | |
Executive Production by | Harry J. Ufland |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 5/5 --
What emerges most memorably is its sense of absolute conviction, never more palpable than in the final fantasy sequence that removes Jesus from the cross and creates for him the life of an ordinary man.
New York Times
Rating: 5/5 --
The filmmaking here, though rushed and on the cheap, is a hot stew of influences... all of it coalesces into a cinematic essay about the violence and chaos, and also the vitality and urgency, of worldly life.
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eFilmCritic.com
...One of the most controversial films of the 80s...
Sight and Sound
Rating: 4/5 --
This thought-provoking film remains a key work by Scorsese, a courageous and imaginative take on one of the greatest stories ever told.
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BBC.com
A sincere, typically ambitious and imaginative work from America's most provocatively intelligent film-maker.
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Time Out
...Scorsese varies his calm moments with swirling ones, brimming with visual rapture...
Los Angeles Times
It is better to trust the visual narrative in this movie than the dialogue, since the visual scenes are so often taken from the rich iconography of Christ's life as envisioned by artists who came to their task with skills greater than those of Kazantzakis
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The New York Review of Books
Product Description:
This striking vision from the mind of director Martin Scorsese offers an allegorical interpretation of the last days of Jesus Christ, based on the book by Nikos Kazantzakis. Based strictly on Kazantzakis's book, the film has a very different focus than past portraits of the "Messiah." This Jesus (Willem Defoe) is a man wracked with doubt over his position among his followers and fear of the role God has chosen for him, as well as the pain that must accompany it. He is unsure whether the messages he receives come from God or Satan, and he is tempted by a mortal life filled with earthly possessions and sensual love, resulting in a controversial, though genuinely sympathetic, account of Christianity's most revered figure.
Scorsese establishes a dreamlike mood by combining Michael Ballhaus‘s photography with a transcendent soundtrack by Peter Gabriel in order to fully explore the idea that perhaps Jesus was both God and man. Rather than train his assembled cast to deliver their lines in historically accurate dialects, Scorsese lets each individual speak with their true accent, which makes for an initially jarring, yet eventually moving, experience. In addition to Defoe, Barbara Hershey, David Bowie, and Harvey Keitel all deliver sincere performances that fulfill Scorsese's vision even more completely.
Scorsese establishes a dreamlike mood by combining Michael Ballhaus‘s photography with a transcendent soundtrack by Peter Gabriel in order to fully explore the idea that perhaps Jesus was both God and man. Rather than train his assembled cast to deliver their lines in historically accurate dialects, Scorsese lets each individual speak with their true accent, which makes for an initially jarring, yet eventually moving, experience. In addition to Defoe, Barbara Hershey, David Bowie, and Harvey Keitel all deliver sincere performances that fulfill Scorsese's vision even more completely.
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