Download The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988) Background. Written by paul schrader with uncredited rewrites from scorsese and jay cocks. I avoided martin scorsese's the last temptation of christ for years because i was under the impression that it was a direct butchering of biblical facts.
Though it initially engendered enormous controversy, the film can now be viewed as the remarkable, profoundly personal work of faith that it is.
What monty python's life of brian was to comedy, the last temptation of christ was to drama. It must have driven martin scorsese perhaps judas is scorsese's autobiographical character in the last temptation of christ. certainly not the messiah, but the mortal man walking. Willem dafoe, who helps in making the last temptation of christ an enjoyable and ultimately intriguing portrait on the flaws of humanity, as portrayed through the most sacred of humans, even if the final product does leave much. The life of jesus christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
