The Last Temptation of Christ - Criterion Collection | Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel

The Last Temptation of Christ - Criterion Collection | Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel | Saw it 15 times-will see it again, and again.

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	The Last Temptation of Christ - Criterion Collection Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel Criterion, 2000 average customer review:based on 272 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

What's wrong with the pious?

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST is a beautifully made and thoughtful film. It explores the life of Christ by looking at the fully human aspect of his nature as well as at his divinity. By doing so it allows everyone to see that the choice to make the right, just and spiritual decision is full of struggle and internal opposition, but that it is possible. The movie explores forgiveness, perhaps the most difficult of spiritual choices, and it shows the rocky road to getting to forgiveness. The dual aspect of Christ's nature is at the heart of Christianity and it is sad that the pious couldn't see that in this heartfelt and serious film. From a cinematic and artistic point of view, Scorsese captures the fevered hallucinogenic quality of the Kazantzakis' book brilliantly. This is an important film. It is a loss to the narrow-minded that they could not and would not see the film.

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Saw it 15 times-will see it again, and again.

I sat and watched this movie 3 times in a row, over a period of 3 days. I know that sounds ridiculous-but there is so much going on in this film it is the only way to capture everything.

Devout christians will probably consider this film blasphemous.
The acting could have been better, but I love Scorcese and that made up for it. Scorcese captures the simplicity of the life of Jesus, and of him being more of a man than a God.
There is nothing but symbolism throughout the film. The soundtrack written by Peter Gabriel, is the most amazing soundtrack of any film I have ever seen.
The film is actually better than the book.

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Great Movie!

I am A Conservative Republican, and I Enjoyed this Film! I'd Recommend this movie to anyone(Christians to Non-Christians) That is if you can find this movie. It is a hard movie to find, and it is Expensive too.(I got mine off of E-bay for under $10.00) This movie is worth every penny! The central thesis of the movie is that Jesus, while free from sin, was still subject to every form of temptation that humans face, including fear, doubt, depression, reluctance, and lust. By facing and conquering all of man's weaknesses, Christ became the perfect model for our lives; he sacrificed not only on the cross, but throughout his life. He struggled to do God's will, without ever giving in to the temptations of the flesh.

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