The last temptation of Christ [videorecording] / Universal Pictures and Cineplex Odeon Films present a Martin Scorsese picture ; screenplay by Paul Schrader ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: CC1555D | Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 70.Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.?] : Criterion Collection, c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (163 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1559409037
- 9781559409032
- Photography, Michael Ballhaus ; production design, John Beard ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker ; music, Peter Gabriel ; executive producer, Harry Ufland.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Willem Dafoe plays Jesus Christ in this extraordinarily controversial adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis's novel. The film depicts a sometimes reluctant, self-doubting Jesus, gradually coming to accept His divinity and the inexorability of His ultimate fate. The much-maligned sex scene with Mary Magdalene (Barbara Hershey) occurs as an hallucination experienced by Jesus as he suffers on the cross. This particular sequence was what infuriated the film's most rabid critics, but in fact it is just one of many iconoclastic musings to be found in the film and its source novel. Equally volatile are the intimations that, as a carpenter, Jesus indifferently shaped the crucifixes for other condemned prisoners long before his own fate was sealed, and that Judas (Harvey Keitel) was literally manipulated into betrayal by a Christ whose preoccuption with his own destiny compelled him to "use" others. None of these departures from the normal interpretation of the scriptures are offered as any more than theory; as such, it was accepted as food for thought by the more open-minded clerics and Biblical scholars who recommended the film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
"Based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis."
Originally released as motion picture in 1988.
Special features include: audio commentary by Martin Scorsese, Willem Dafoe, Paul Schrader and Jay Cocks ; collection of research materials, production stills and costume designs ; location production footage shot by Scorsese ; interview with composer Peter Gabriel.
Photography, Michael Ballhaus ; production design, John Beard ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker ; music, Peter Gabriel ; executive producer, Harry Ufland.
Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie.
In this controversial movie, Jesus, as both fully human and fully divine, is viewed as free of sin but subject to all temptations, including sexual ones.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; stereo; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
Optional subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).