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$46.4 million [3] Risen is a 2016 biblical drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Reynolds and Paul Aiello. An American-Spanish co-production, the film stars Joseph Fiennes , Tom Felton , Peter Firth , and Cliff Curtis , and details a Roman soldier's search for Jesus 's body following his resurrection .
The film is an adaptation of The Three Christs of Ypsilanti, [10] Rokeach's 1964 book-length psychiatric case study of three patients whose paranoid schizophrenic delusions cause each of them to believe he is Jesus Christ. [11] Three Christs began filming in New York in the summer of 2016. [12]
It was directed by South African film maker Regardt van den Bergh and stars veteran actor Richard Kiley in the role of St. Matthew (who narrates the movie), newcomer Bruce Marchiano as Jesus, and Gerrit Schoonhoven as Peter. [1] [2] Marchiano portrays Jesus as a joyous, earthy, personal man with a sense of humour. [3] [4]
I.N.R.I. is a 1923 German silent religious epic film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Gregori Chmara, Henny Porten, and Asta Nielsen.The film is a retelling of the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
The crucifixion was shot over three days using sixty different camera setups. [19] Filming was difficult as Dafoe could only stay on the cross for two to three minutes. [15] The slow-motion shot of the jeering crowd at the crucifixion was inspired by a painting of the crucifixion done by Hieronymus Bosch. [18]
The representation of Jesus himself on the cross is referred to in English as the corpus (Latin for 'body'). [1] [2] The crucifix emphasizes Jesus' sacrifice, including his death by crucifixion, which Christians believe brought about the redemption of mankind. Most crucifixes portray Jesus on a Latin cross, rather than a Tau cross or a Coptic ...
In The Passion: Photography from the Movie "The Passion of the Christ", director Mel Gibson says, "This is a movie about love, hope, faith and forgiveness. Jesus died for all mankind, suffered for all of us. It's time to get back to that basic message. The world has gone nuts. We could all use a little more love, faith, hope and forgiveness."
[3] While he did attempt to distance himself from the Surrealist movement after his development of nuclear mysticism, in Corpus Hypercubus Dalí incorporates dreamlike features consistent with his earlier work, such as the levitating Christ and the giant chessboard below. Jesus' face is turned away from the viewer, making it completely obscured.