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Hipster Job: The Book of Job Reimagined

Here is a short video recasting the biblical character Job as a hipster.
“A short biblical epic about Hipsters, finger mustaches and the wrath of God.”
[WARNING: Rated PG-13 for some strong language]

Jesus films on Hulu

I don’t know how I missed that Jesus Christ Superstar is also available on hulu.com. That now makes it three important Jesus films on Hulu:
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The Miracle Maker (2000)
If you are not familiar with Hulu, this well-designed site allows you to view on-line the FULL feature film for FREE [...]

The Miracle Maker: at Hulu

Today, I noticed that the Jesus film, The Miracle Maker (2000), is available to view in FULL at hulu.com. This is great! I recommend this film. The video file is in pretty good quality.

Although it employs claymation and is aimed more towards children, it provides a good filmic rendition of the Jesus story. Also, the film [...]

It’s All Judas’ Fault (Tutta Colpa Di Giuda)

Matt Page makes mention of a Italian film about a passion play production in prison: Tutta Colpa Di Giuda (It’s All Judas’ Fault). Having recently seen Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell, it is interesting to see another Jesus film set in the genre of a passion play production. One of the obvious unique feature of this film is [...]

Gibson’s Passion as a Horror Film

Tonight in my course “Jesus in Gospel and Film” we will be finally discussing Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. And of course I will be contrasting scenes of Gibson’s Passion with relevant ones from Gibson’s Braveheart. There have been many criticisms against the amount of violence in the film. Some critics have likened [...]

jesus, an action hero

Below are two of the several clips I will be showing my students (in my class, “Jesus in Gospel and Film”) in a couple of weeks when we discuss Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. Many critics have negatively reacted to the great amount of blood and violence in the film. More interestingly, several [...]

some overlooked Jesus films

Since Easter is here, many people have been commenting on Jesus and culture. Here is a piece on the international films about Jesus of which many people are not aware. I have a great interest in Jesus films and have been enjoying teaching a course on the subject this semester at Loyola Marymount University. Many [...]

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