Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2023 From The Passion of the Christ to Life of Brian, and from The Ten Commandments to Last Temptation of Christ, filmmakers have been adapting the stories of the Bible for over 120 years, from the first time the Höritz Passion Play was filmed in the Czech Republic back in 1897. Ever since, these stories have inspired musicals, comedies, sci-fi, surrealist visions and the avant-garde not to mention spawning their own genre, the biblical epic. Filmmakers across six continents and from all kinds of religious perspectives (or none at all), have adapted the greatest stories ever told, delighting some and infuriating others. 100 Bible Films is the indispensable guide to this wide and varied output, providing an authoritative but accessible history of biblical adaptations through one hundred of the most interesting and significant biblical films. Richly illustrated with film stills, this book depicts how such films have undertaken a complex negotiation between art, commerce, entertainment and religion. Matthew Page traces the screen history of the biblical stories from the very earliest silent passion plays, via the golden ages of the biblical epic, through to more innovative and controversial later films as well as covering significant TV adaptations. He discusses films made not only by some of our greatest filmmakers, artists such as Martin Scorsese, Jean Luc Godard, Alice Guy, Roberto Rossellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lotte Reiniger, Carl Dreyer and Luis Buñuel, but also those looking to explore their faith or share it with lovers of cinema the world over.
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Matthew Page is a UK-based film historian, writer and independent scholar who has been researching adaptations of the Bible in film for over twenty years. He has contributed to a variety of books and journals on the subject and runs the popular Bible films blog, biblefilms.blogspot.com.
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From The Passion of the Christ to Life of Brian, and from The Ten Commandments to Last Temptation of Christ, filmmakers have been adapting the stories of the Bible for over 120 years, from first time the Höritz Passion Play was filmed in the Czech Republic back in 1897. Ever since, these stories have inspired musicals, comedies, sci-fi, surrealist visions and the avant garde not to mention spawning their own genre, the biblical epic. Filmmakers across six continents and from all kinds of religious perspectives (or none at all), have adapted the greatest stories ever told, delighting some and infuriating others.
100 Bible Films is the indispensible guide to this wide and varied output, providing an authoritative but accessible history of biblical adaptations through one hundred of the most interesting and significant biblical films. Richly illustrated with film stills, this book depicts how such films have undertaken a complex negotiation between art, commerce, entertainment and religion.
Matthew Page traces the screen history of the biblical stories from the very earliest silent passion plays, via the golden ages of the biblical epic, through to more innovative and controversial later films as well as covering significant TV adaptations. He discusses films made not only by some of our greatest filmmakers, artists such as Martin Scorsese, Jean Luc Godard, Alice Guy, Roberto Rossellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lotte Reiniger, Carl Dreyer and Luis Buñuel, but also those looking to explore their faith or share it with lovers of cinema the world over.
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Introduction
1. The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1898) - Georges Hatot and Louis Lumière: France
2. Martyrs Chrétiens ("Christian Martyrs", 1905) - Lucien Nonguet: France
3. La Vie du Christ ("The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ", 1906) - Alice Guy: France
4. Vie et passion de N.S. Jésus-Christ ("The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ", 1907) - Ferdinand Zecca: France
5. Jephthah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton: US
6. L'Exode (The Exodus, 1910) - Louis Feuillade: France
7. Jaël et Sisera (1911) - Henri Andréani: France
8. From the Manger to the Cross (1912) - Sidney Olcott: US
9. Judith of Bethulia (1914) - D.W. Griffith: US
10. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) - D.W. Griffith: US
11. Blade af Satans bog ("Leaves From Satan's Book", 1920) - Carl Theodor Dreyer: Denmark
12. La Sacra Bibbia ("After Six Days", 1920) - Pier Antonio Gariazzo and Armando Vey: Italy
13. Der Galiläer ("The Passion Play", 1921) - Dimitri Buchowetzki: Germany
14. Salomé (1922) - Charles Bryant and Alla Nazimova: US
15. Sodom und Gomorrha ("The Queen of Sin", 1922) - Michael Curtiz: Germany/Austria
16. The Ten Commandments (1923) - Cecil B. DeMille: US
17. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) - Fred Niblo: US
18. The King of Kings (1927) - Cecil B. DeMille: US
19. Noah's Ark (1928) - Michael Curtiz: US
20. Lot in Sodom (1933) - Melville Webber and James Sibley Watson: US
21. Golgotha ("Behold the Man", 1935) - Julien Duvivier: France
22. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) - Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper: US
23. The Green Pastures (1936) - Marc Connelly and William Keighley: US
24. Jesús de Nazareth (1942) - José Díaz Morales: Mexico
25. Samson and Delilah (1949) - Cecil B. DeMille: US
26. David and Bathsheba (1951) - Henry King: US
27. Quo Vadis (1951) - Mervyn LeRoy: US
28. The Robe (1953) - Henry Koster: US
29. Sins of Jezebel (1953) - Reginald Le Borg: US
30. The Prodigal (1955) - Richard Thorpe: US
31. The Ten Commandments (1956) - Cecil B. DeMille: US
32. The Star of Bethlehem (1956) - Lotte Reiniger: UK
33. Celui qui doit mourir ("He Who Must Die", 1957) - Jules Dassin: France/Italy
34. Solomon and Sheba (1959) - King Vidor: US
35. Ben-Hur (1959) - William Wyler: US
36. Esther and the King (1960) - Raoul Walsh and Mario Bava: Italy/US
37. The Story of Ruth (1960) - Henry Koster: US
38. King of Kings (1961) - Nicholas Ray: US
39. Barabbas (1961) - Richard Fleischer: Italy/US
40. Il vecchio testamento ("The Old Testament", 1962) - Gianfranco Parolini: Italy/France
41. Il vangelo secondo Matteo ("The Gospel According to St. Matthew", 1964) - Pier Paolo Pasolini: Italy/France
42. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - George Stevens: US
43. I grandi condottieri ("Samson and Gideon", 1965) - Marcello Baldi and Francisco Pérez-Dolz: Italy/Spain
44. The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) - John Huston: Italy/US
45. Les Actes des apôtres ("Acts of the Apostles", 1969) - Roberto Rossellini: France/Italy/ Spain/West Germany/Tunisia
46. La voie lactée ("The Milky Way", 1969) - Luis Buñuel: France/Italy/West Germany
47. Son of Man (1969) - Gareth Davies: UK
48. Jesús, nuestro Señor ("Jesus, our Lord", 1971) - Miguel Zacarías: Mexico
49. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) - Norman Jewison: US
50. Godspell (1973) - David Greene: US
51. Moses und Aron (1975) - Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub: West Germany/Austria/France/Italy
52. Il messia ("The Messiah", 1975) - Roberto Rosselli…