Bfi Screen Guides: 100 Bible Films by Matthew Page (2022, Trade Paperback)

100 Bible FilmsAuthor(s): Matthew Page\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: BFI Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781839023521, 978-1839023521\nSynopsis\nChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2023\n\nFrom The Passion of the Christ to Life of Brian, and from The Ten Commandments to Last Temptation of Christ, filmmakers have been adapting the stories of the Bible for over 120 years, from the first time the Hritz Passion Play was filmed in the Czech Republic back in 1897. Ever since, these stories have inspired musicals, comedies, sci-fi, surrealist visions and the avant-garde not to mention spawning their own genre, the biblical epic. Filmmakers across six continents and from all kinds of religious perspectives (or none at all), have adapted the greatest stories ever told, delighting some and infuriating others.\n\n100 Bible Films is the indispensable guide to this wide and varied output, providing an authoritative but accessible history of biblical adapta.