The Last Temptation of Brian

From the Controversial Subversion to the Current Reflection

Authors

  • Miguel Dávila Vargas-Machuca Universidad Internacional de Andalucía

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revvisual.v8.2837

Keywords:

Biblical Cinema, Religion, Christ, Subversion, Controversy, Comedy, Drama

Abstract

Biblical films have had widespread and repeated canons since the beginning of cinema, and films opposed to the prevailing film-religious dogma have generated excessive negative reactions. This text focuses on two significant examples of subversion of biblical cinema that addressed the figure of Christ in a new way away from those traditional canons. Their impact still resonates decades later, and this encourages reflection on both their approaches and the controversy. They aroused from a current perspective in which the moral conditioning of audio-visual works is unfortunately very much in evidence.

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Published

2021-10-04

How to Cite

Dávila Vargas-Machuca, M. (2021). The Last Temptation of Brian: From the Controversial Subversion to the Current Reflection. VISUAL REVIEW. International Visual Culture Review Revista Internacional De Cultura Visual, 8(2), 261–279. https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revvisual.v8.2837

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): Special Issue "The virus in sight: visual culture in the face of pandemics in the 20th century"

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Other Research Articles

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