Other Titles • The Last Temptation of Christ • Passion (1988) • Die Letzte Versuchung Christi (1988)
Trivia from The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
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Shot on location in Morocco and Egypt.
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Scorsese first became interested in filming this project in 1971 when Barbara Hershey gave him a copy of the Kazantzakis novel during the filming of BOXCAR BERTHA.
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There is a disclaimer of sorts at the beginning of the film, which states that the film is based upon a fictional exploration of man's "external spiritual conflict," not on the actual Gospels.
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The original score was performed by, among others, Adzido Dance Company (African Percussion); Bill Cobham and Manny Elias (Drums); and Djalma Correa (Brazilian Percussion) and Nathan East (Bass Guitar).
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The beginning of the film has a quote from Nikos Kazantsakis's book: "The dual substance of Christ--the yearning, so human, so superhuman, of man to attain God...has always been a deep inscrutable mystery to me. My principle anguish and source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh...and my soul is the arena where these two armies have clashed and met."
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Even before the film was released, it met with controversy from various Christian groups protesting the way Christ was depicted (even before most of the protesters had seen the film). The outcry came predominantly from Fundamentalist groups who had heard that the film contained a sex scene between Jesus and Mary Magdelen. In reality, the scene in question can hardly be referred to as that; it is understated and not explicit. It is also in the section of the film devoted to Christ's final temptation, where Satan tempts him with a mortal's life, and he behaves as a mortal in order to have children.
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