Schrader Ep. 16: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) with Robert Rubsam

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"I want him to stop. I can't take the pain. The voices and the pain." No, those aren't the words of our listeners - they're the words of Jesus Christ as written by Paul Schrader! Understand your confusion, though. Today we're genuflecting before Martin Scorsese's highly controversial 1988 film THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, adapted by Schrader from not The Bible, and joining us on our spiritual journey is writer Robert Rubsam. Jake has a bunch of day-one theology questions that Ian and Rob do their best to answer while we all discuss the film's artistic achievements, the Brooklyn of it all, and the enormous backlash. Some crazy French guys blew up a movie theater over this one, gang. The movie, not the episode. Check it out!

Further Reading:

The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis

Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars by Thomas R. Lindlof

Kyrios Christos by Wilhelm Bousset

A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez

Kazantzakis: Politics of the Spirit by Peter Bien

Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict by James Crossley and Robert J. Myles

also the freaking Bible duh

Further Viewing:

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (Pasolini, 1964)

MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (Jones, 1979)

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