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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Martin Scorsese’s epic-scale take on the life of Jesus (Willem Dafoe), which made religious groups really mad when it first came out, because it shows him being tempted by the promise of a normal life, including sex. Yes, Easter is two weeks away, and yes, we’re watching it now anyway. ‘Tis the season. Although initial reception for this film was mixed, it is now widely regarded a great entry in the Scorsese canon, so let’s check it out.

After that is The Eccentrics (1974), a magical-realist comedy from Soviet Georgia about a guy at the turn of the 20th century who pursues a married woman; he attempts to kill her husband, lands himself in prison, and then attempts to bust out of the joint with a fellow inmate, with the help of wondrous new flying machine. Hilarity ensues as the cartoonish antics escalate. This is considered one of the best films of Georgian director Eldar Shengelaia, who is otherwise best-known for the bureaucratic satire Blue Mountains (1983), which we have not yet watched.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

https://blorp.zapto.org/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

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CWs for The Last Temptation of Christ:

  • Gaslighting.
  • Dead animal.
  • Snakes.
  • Bugs.
  • Someone struggles to breathe.
  • Hanging.
  • Broken bones.
  • Torture.
  • Death of child.
  • Death of parent.
  • Possession.
  • Spitting.
  • Audio gore.
  • Self-harm.
  • Anxiety attacks.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Death of pregnant person.
  • Sex.
  • Blood and gore.

CWs for The Eccentrics:

  • Kissing.
  • Cheating.
  • Slapstick violence.
  • Cruelty to animals.
  • Alcohol.

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