From cinema’s earliest days, filmmakers have been attracted to the subject of the Bible. The Scriptures appealed for a variety of reasons. The very first Jesus film, La Passion du Christ (1897) was commissioned by a French Catholic organisation in a quest against secularism. Others were more drawn to the sense of mystery. Within a few years filmmakers had adopted a range of camera tricks to portray miraculous events from the Bible, from a giant hand appearing and writing on the wall in Le Festin de Balthazar (1905) to angels materialising throughout Alice Guy’s Vie du Christ (1906).
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Seeing and believing
from cinema’s earliest days, filmmakers have been attracted to the subject of the bible. the scriptures appealed for a variety of reasons. t...
Matthew Page
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