Hollywood Under Siege

To mark the release of his latest book, Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars, Thomas R. Lindlof introduces viewers to the controversy that surrounded the 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ. In the book, Lindlof chronicles the film's history, from Scorsese's first attempts to adapt the 1951 novel of the same name to the screen to the difficulty he had obtaining funding to the flurry of protests and media attention spawned by the picture's eventual release. In the interview the author discusses the film's significance and the work he did to write Hollywood Under Siege, including interviewing Martin Scorsese.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Films
• Christ
• Hollywood
• Martin
• Scorsese
• Protests
• Last
• Temptation

[rolexmonger]

The religious right are a bunch of neo-conservatives and neo-fascists. They bring a new level of shame to an already shame-riddled religion. God save us from your followers, please!

[Dan85046]

I love the film. A+

[SupaBriMan26]

@rolexmonger I'm a minister's son, and I've seen my fair share of them. There simply is NO arguing with them. They pride themselves on being closed-minded.

[FalconOfStorms]

That's the last thing I get out of this description. Sounds like he just has a problem with conservative Christians exercising their right to assemble and sympathizes with Scorsese's butthurt over not being entitled to the platform of his choice.

A name like "Hollywood Under Siege" doesn't help. Yeah, Hollywood's really threatened. Hysterical.

[KevinCNeece]

He's not getting "bent out of shape" over protests. He is bringing clarity to an issue that neither side of the conflict ever clearly understood. He strips away the scapegoating and sound-biting to understand why the tumult occurred. This is an excellent study for anyone interested in the relationship between the Christian subculture and the entertainment community in America.

[KevinCNeece]

What on Earth are you talking about? I think you fail to understand Dr. Lindlof's intentions. He has written an excellent, thorough, incredibly well-researched history of a major event in the history of pop culture and religion in America.

[FalconOfStorms]

Incredibly dishonest.

Christians do believe that God was Human and Divine.

And what's a lefty doing getting bent out of shape over people excercising their right to assemble and protest?

Hypocrisy! From someone who has very few standards to violate, no less!

[KevinCNeece]

Great video, Dr. Lindlof! Makes me even more impatient for the book!