Episode Two: “It Is Accomplished!”

Episode Two: "It Is Accomplished!"

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This episode looks at the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ as depicted in two very different, very controversial films produced in two very different cultural contexts: Julien Duvivier's Golgotha (1935) and Nader Talebzadeh's Jesus, Spirit Of God (2007). The episode also explores how the death and resurrection is covered in the New Testament and in certain of the non-canonical and non-Christian gospels that both films draw from in different ways. Fascism, the sublime, Sam Cooke... It's all go.

 

Bibliography

Lloyd Baugh, S. J., “Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ: A Critical Reassessment of Its Sources, Its Theological Problems, and Its Impact On The Public” in Scandalizing Jesus: Kazantzakis’s The Last Temptation Of Christ Fifty Years On. Edited by Darren J. N. Middleton. London: Continuum, 2005.

 Carol A. Hebron, Judas Iscariot: Damned or Redeemed: A Critical Examination of the Portrayal of Judas in Jesus Films (1902-2014). London: Bloomsbury, 2019.

Peter Malone, Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press, 2012.

 

Web Resources

 Bible Films Blog

 

Audio Clip Sources

 Golgotha (1935, dir. Julien Duvivier)

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965, dir. George Stevens)

Jesus of Nazareth (1977, dir. Franco Zeffirelli)

Jesus, Spirit of God (2007, dir. Nader Talebzadeh)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, dir. Martin Scorsese)

 Billy Connolly: “The Crucifixion” (1974)

 

Music

Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers – “Were You There?” (1957)

Alabama Sacred Heart Singers - "Present Joys" (1942)

 

Episode One: "Introduction"

 

 Episode One

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In this first episode, I provide an overview of the aims of the podcast, a brief introduction to the Jesus Film, some discussion of the  kinds of films likely to be covered, and an indication of the kinds of  approaches likely to be taken.

 

Bibliography

 Brannon Hancock, ““Pluralism and Sacrament: Eucharistic Possibility in a Post-ecclesial World.”  Literature and Theology, Volume 19, Issue 3 (September 2005). 265–277

 Peter Malone, Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press, 2012.

 Malachi Martin, Jesus Now: How Jesus Has No Past, Will Not Come Again,, and in Loving Actions Is Dissolving The Minds Of Our Spent Society. New york: E.P Dutton, 1973.

 

Web Resources

 Bible Films Blog

 

Audio Clip Sources

 Bad Lieutenant (1992, dir.  Abel Ferrara

 Jesus of Nazareth (1977, dir. Franco Zeffirelli)

 Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter (2001, dir. Lee Demarbre)

 The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, dir. Martin Scorsese)

 

Music

 Alabama Sacred Heart Singers - “Present Joys”   (1942)