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Christ on camera: Bringing the Easter story to life
Divine awe
‘This is the story of Jesus of Nazareth,’ proclaims Cecil B DeMille’s 1927 silent film The King of Kings. ‘He himself commanded that his message be carried to the utter-most parts of the Earth. May this portrayal play a reverent part in that spirit of that great command.’
With quotes from the King James Version as title cards, the film strives to be faithful to Scripture. Some details are invented or embellished, and DeMille’s taste for the garish occasionally rears its head, but it’s largely a respectful effort, lighting Jesus in a way that recalls William Holman Hunt’s painting The Light of the World. The judicious use of stunning effects helps convey the awe of Jesus’ sacrifice.
Almost 40 years later, 1965’s The Greatest Story Ever Told gives us a different approach. ‘Can I get more awe?’ director George Stevens is supposed to have said to John Wayne, as the actor played the Roman centurion who realised who Jesus was. Wayne’s response, the legend goes, was to repeat the line with the requested addition: ‘Awww, truly this man was the Son of God.’
That anecdote isn’t true but it’s indicative of the accuracy elsewhere, as Stevens’ bloated biblical epic falls into the trappings of what by that point had
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Thomas Fleming’s most recent book, The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers, examines the women at the center of the lives of George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.
The History Book Club has named The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers as a main selection for the month of December.
The author of more than 40 books of fiction and nonfiction, Fleming has received wide acclaim for his revisionist book, 1776: Year of Illusions, and The New York Times declared his history of West Point the best book ever written about the U.S. Military Academy.
Some other highly praised books by Fleming include The Perils of Peace: America’s Struggle for Survival After Yorktown; Washington’s Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge; and Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr & the Future of America. Fleming has also written an acclaimed memoir, Mysteries of My Father, about growing up in the tough and tumble world of Jersey City where his father was part of Mayor Frank Hague’s political machine, as well as a recent novel, The Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee.
Fleming’s book, Liberty! The American Revolution, was a main selection of the History Book Club, which named it one
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