Jesus %E2%80%93 The Film

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Starting with the birth of the Jesus child, the film deviates wildly from the New Testament template, with the Virgin Mary now giving birth to twins, likely to give credence to the idea that Gnostic The Gospel of Thomas was actually written by the twin brother of Jesus. However, in keeping with tradition, only the life and suffering of the One is portrayed. Throughout the entire film, Jesus is shadowed by dark agents the Four Evangelists who seem to be the puppet masters of the story. But this preordained life spins out of control at the Last Supper, where Jesus develops a fondness for drinking blood. On his way to Calvary, he meets Saint Veronica and surrenders to this thirst, thereby acquiring immortality as a vampire. Jesus lives.The films storyline, as well as the creative process of each episode, is inspired by the surrealist technique of the exquisite corpse the episodes makers didnt know what happened in the previous scenes, receiving only a description of the last connecting shot and sometimes also the use of previous cast members in order to maintain the storys continuity. The constant figure in all the episodes was Michael Brynntrup, the initiator and coordinator of the overall project, in the role of Jesus. ........

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