Screening
The Last Temptation of Christ
Dir. Martin Scorsese. 1989, 164 mins, 35mm. With Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey. Scorsese's humanistic portrayal of Jesus Christ, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, was a labor of love that was delayed when Paramount stopped pre-production and was protested by religious groups when the film was finally completed. Dafoe convincingly portrays Jesus as a mortal undergoing an astonishing transformation, and Peter Gabriel's score beautifully integrates ambient electronic tones with global music instrumentalism.
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