{"product_id":"pontius-pilate-on-screen-sinner-soldier-superstar-9781474446891","title":"Pontius Pilate on Screen: Sinner, Soldier, Superstar","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho is Pontius Pilate? Who do the movies say that he is? What is truth? \u003cbr\u003ePontius Pilate On Screen deals with one of history's most controversial characters. From Monty Python's \u003ci\u003eLife of Brian\u003c\/i\u003e to Mel Gibson's \u003ci\u003ePassion of the Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, Pontius Pilate is a figure of evidently endless fascination to filmmakers. The Roman prefect is depicted at times as the hapless victim of machinations beyond his control and at other times as the heartless villain of the piece. If in films about the Passion Jesus represents eternal truth, Pilate symbolises the values of the present - whether it is the lingering trauma of the Holocaust, the ongoing struggle over Civil Rights or the polarised politics of the current day - as filmmakers endeavour again and again to portray in Pontius Pilate a compelling counter-figure to Jesus himself. \u003cbr\u003eThis book considers portrayals of Pontius Pilate in film from the silent era to the twenty-first century. It discusses over 25 films in detail, including Cecil B. DeMille's \u003ci\u003eKing of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), Norman Jewison's \u003ci\u003eJesus Christ Superstar\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), Martin Scorsese's \u003ci\u003eLast Temptation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), Mel Gibson's \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of the Christ\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and Sony's \u003ci\u003eRisen\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). Based on extensive archival research and original interviews with actors, screenwriters and producers, it offers an extended discussion of the history, tradition and reception of Pontius Pilate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher McDonough is Professor of Classics at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He is the author of Servius' Commentary on Aeneid Book Four: An Annotated Translation (Bolchazy-Carducci, 2004). He is the author of many articles on a range of topics including Ovid, Latin language and literature, mythology, literature in translation and Classics in cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50869738176786,"sku":"9781474446891","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85075728-c631-465a-b62d-eb2f761d1881.jpg?v=1737768031","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pontius-pilate-on-screen-sinner-soldier-superstar-9781474446891","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}