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Jesus of Nazareth
(1977)
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, written by Anthony Burgess, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, and Franco Zeffirelli
Like the Bible itself, Franco Zeffirelli’s epic, ambitious made-for-television
Jesus of Nazareth is often experienced in bits and pieces over
the years, and is commonly better known in isolated parts than in its
lengthy whole. Viewed as a whole, Jesus of Nazareth may or may not be the best
life of Jesus film ever made, but it remains in some ways the standard
by which other Jesus films are judged. Pasolini’s The Gospel
According to St. Matthew and Gibson’s The Passion of the
Christ may be better films, but no other Jesus film offers an interpretation
of the gospel story as comprehensive and definitive as Jesus of Nazareth.
Its key assets, aside from its leisurely running time, are a scripturally
and historically literate script, a reverently non-revisionist distillation
of key gospel stories, a distinguished and generally apt ensemble cast,
and matter-of-fact realism in depicting the miraculous Click here
to read the full review by Steven D. Greydanus on Decent Films. Additional
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