God lives inside of human

Anahi 2021-12-21 08:01:30

I'm amazed by the similarity of The Last Temptation of Christ and Silence, although they are both adaptations. This probably explains why Scorsese personally insisted choosing them under great pressure, and spent 16 and 26 years respectively to finally bring them on screen.

They are both about spiritual struggles, though largely different in terms of their contexts. One is a revival of the gospel in Israel; the other is a fiction about two Portuguese preachers bringing Christianity into Japan. One is about the holy figure who is weak and ambivalent; the other is about a normal person with strong faith. In the end they all go through their own form of revelation.

Jesus thought he is not the Messiah, but he finally becomes one; Rodrigues thought god is eternally silent, yet he finally hears god speaks to him through his own mind. The greatest point in common is probably that god lives inside them, and is alive through them. Jesus or Rodrigues, they are both human with divinity. It's the same for everyone, whether you believe in religion or not; we are all guided by our own faith.

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  • Russ 2022-03-27 09:01:10

    Good theme, bad plot (2009). Read it again, deeply touched (2020). Changed from 3 stars to 5 stars. He has headaches, he has auditory hallucinations, and even hallucinations. He regards the auditory and visual hallucinations as the guidance of God's revelation, so he has supernormal confidence and embarks on an extraordinary road.

  • Shanon 2022-04-21 09:02:32

    The originator of time travel...

The Last Temptation of Christ quotes

  • Jesus: Thank you, Lord, for bringing me where I did not want to go.

  • Mary Magdalene: Say the truth. If you want to save my soul, this is where you'll find it.

    [reveals her naked body]

    Mary Magdalene: You know that. You're the same as all the others, only you can't admit it. You're pitiful. I hate you. Here's my body. Save it. Save it.