When Cinema (Doesn't) Have Its God: An Exploration

Following the Styx Film Encounters' tribute 'Losing my religion' and the screening of the film 'Paisios', we examine the relationship between cinema and religion. A relationship that includes faith, inspiration, questioning, and mockery.

Reference is made to films such as Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Magnolia', Federico Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita', 'Roma' (1972), Luis Buñuel's 'Simon of the Desert' (1965), and Monty Python's 'Life of Brian' (1979).

Additionally, the article examines Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ' (2004), Franco Zeffirelli's 'Jesus of Nazareth' (1977), Pier Paolo Pasolini's 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' (1964), Gabriel Axel's 'Babette’s Feast' (1987), Carl Dreyer's 'Ordet' (1955), and Robert Bresson's 'Au hasard Balthazar' (1966).

Finally, it mentions Martin Scorsese's 'The Last Temptation of Christ' (1988) and Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Andrei Rublev' (1966), which faced censorship.