The Last Temptation of Christ The Criterion Collection

The Last Temptation of Christ, by Martin Scorsese ( Raging Bull), is a towering achievement. Though it initially engendered enormous controversy, the film can now be viewed as the remarkable, profoundly personal work of faith that it is. This fifteen-year labor of love, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s landmark novel that imagines an alternate fate for Jesus Christ, features outstanding performances by Willem Dafoe ( Antichrist), Barbara Hershey ( Hannah and Her Sisters), Harvey Keitel ( Mean Streets), Harry Dean Stanton ( Paris, Texas), and David Bowie ( The Man Who Fell to Earth); bold cinematography by the great Michael Ballhaus ( Broadcast News); and a transcendent score by Peter Gabriel.