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The Important Cinema Club

#164 - The Jesus Blockbusters

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7576 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

We explore the portrayals of J.C in the films THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, THE PASSION OF CHRIST, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW, LIFE OF BRIAN, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST and many more. Become a Patreon subscriber for $5 a month and get an exclusive episode every week! This week on our Patreon we discuss Kevin Smith' DOGMA. www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com

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0:00.0

Hello, my name is Justin McLuhan. I'm here today with Will Sloan.

0:07.7

And today, if you are a very religious person, turn this off now. If you're a little bit religious, turn this off now.

0:17.0

Wait, are we, is this like the Ricky Jervais podcast? Are we going to blaspheme?

0:22.4

Oh, virgin birth, oxymoron much,

0:25.8

talking snake, I'll be pretty goldmour, believe that, eh?

0:29.9

I'm glad that we could bring some hot Ricky Jervais content.

0:36.4

So, so 10 commandments.

0:38.7

These are the 10 commandments you choose.

0:41.6

Oh, what?

0:42.2

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

0:43.4

I'm just going to let you go through your whole Ricky Jermat's bit.

0:46.7

Now, today we're talking about Jesus on film.

0:49.4

And this was an idea I had just because the character of Jesus is so universal.

0:56.3

And there's been a million movies made about him.

0:58.5

And I wanted to explore around Easter time.

1:00.6

Yeah, he's like the original Batman.

1:01.9

Yeah, that's right.

1:03.2

Solving crimes, beating people up, how he's portrayed in film.

1:08.0

Also, because I've always had a weird fascination with biblical epics.

1:12.3

These big, massive mega productions that are usually super dull, but like people had to watch these.

1:21.4

And by people, I mean, people in a church group and in Christian schools that the teacher puts it on to take up

1:31.3

three hours. I mean, these were the Marvel movies of their day. These were, you know,

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