One more take on the Gospels , without the cinemascope and the usual hollywoodian lore,a la "greatest story ever told" ;the prologue sets the tone:it's the parable of the sower and the seeds everybody who attended Sunday school knows.
The most interesting side is the time given over to the Zealots : Judas Iscariot is some kind of go-between with Jesus and his twelve ;he's given a political role -which Franco Zephirelli would use again in his own "Jesus from Nazareth"(1976); he sees Jesus as a rebel who could lead a revolt against the Roman occupants ; he has him arrested to urge the Jews to start a riot to free him;oddly he is present (and injured) in Pilate's passover grace scene :"shall I free Jesus or Barabba?"
All that concerns Jesus is edifying ,it's the merciful Lord ;all the episodes included are well known,although the adulteress ' case is passed over in silence.
On the other hand, Mary Magdelene is subject to cliché :she was not the woman who washed the Lord's feet ; the Gospels tell us that Jesus saved her from "seven devils who possessed her" (in "the king of kings "(1927) Cecile B De Mille's depiction was accurate.)
The most interesting side is the time given over to the Zealots : Judas Iscariot is some kind of go-between with Jesus and his twelve ;he's given a political role -which Franco Zephirelli would use again in his own "Jesus from Nazareth"(1976); he sees Jesus as a rebel who could lead a revolt against the Roman occupants ; he has him arrested to urge the Jews to start a riot to free him;oddly he is present (and injured) in Pilate's passover grace scene :"shall I free Jesus or Barabba?"
All that concerns Jesus is edifying ,it's the merciful Lord ;all the episodes included are well known,although the adulteress ' case is passed over in silence.
On the other hand, Mary Magdelene is subject to cliché :she was not the woman who washed the Lord's feet ; the Gospels tell us that Jesus saved her from "seven devils who possessed her" (in "the king of kings "(1927) Cecile B De Mille's depiction was accurate.)