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Among the movie titles that usually monopolize the Peruvian small screen during Holy Week, i.e. between Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments or The Passion of the Christ, there is one that is usually a favorite of several channels. : “The Public Life of Jesus” (also called “Jesus”).
Curiously, it was not a resounding success in 1979, when Warner Bros. released it on a billboard. He collected less money than it was worth to withdraw it. Although it looked like it was destined to be forgotten, its survival on television speaks more of a credibility that has not been surpassed in years.
His success, at least in Peru, may be due to the usual consumption of religious content that takes place at this time in a country that is predominantly Catholic, but it cannot be denied that he is also responding to the promotion organized by the organization. Jesus Film Projectup to and including the translation of the film into over 2,000 languages, as announced in 2022 on its website.
With this reach to different languages”Public life of Jesuscontinues to gain new audiences after being translated into just 817 languages in 2012, according to Guinness World Records, it was viewed by more than two billion people. But how did this project come about? origin.
Film for preaching the word of Jesus
The mind behind the rise”Public life of Jesus“In the end, the project was not led by Peter Sykes and John Krish, but by Bill Bright, founder of the evangelical organization Campus Crusade of Christ (CRU). It was this Oklahoma pastor who contacted producer John Heyman to launch a film that would bring the word of Christ to the big screen.
Heyman assumed the project would get him a lot of tickets, he said in 2004. The newspaper “New York Times. For this reason, he went to work with Barnet Fishbein, who adapted the Gospel of Luke into a film script that would later be reviewed by biblical scholars and pastors until he got a work that came as close to the original writing as possible.
The role of Jesus went to a British actor Brian Deacon, who, after playing Shakespearean roles, put himself in the place of the son of God during a seven-month filming in Israel. He fell into such a grueling routine—sometimes filming as early as 4am, he once said—that he contracted pneumonia and had to be replaced in some scenes.
“It wasn’t an easy movie and it wasn’t the happiest experience at times,” he once said. It did not please those who invested in “Public life of Jesusas it grossed only four million dollars out of the six million it cost. But today it is the film that best brings the message of Christ to audiences of all ages. It can even be viewed for free on The Jesus Film Project, the word of the Lord.
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On the one hand, the premiere, which received the recognition of many people; on the other hand, an oddity that surprised many. What were these films like? Renato Leon spoke to film critic José Carlos Cabrejo and they had a few opinions that will surprise many. Press play and guess which movies we are talking about!
Source: RPP
