The Last Temptation of Christ — IQ Score 165/200
The Last Temptation of Christ has an IQ Score of 165/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.
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The TVI Take
Scorsese's 1988 Nikos Kazantzakis adaptation that produced the most sustained organized Christian protests of any American film. The 'last temptation' sequence — Christ on the cross imagining the alternative life he didn't take — is theologically more serious than the controversy suggested.
Willem Dafoe's Jesus, Harvey Keitel's Judas, and Peter Gabriel's score are the film's structural commitments. Required viewing for understanding Scorsese's religious preoccupation.
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