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The Last Temptation of Christ (film): Themes, Works, Music & Literary Connections

The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 epic religious drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by Paul Schrader, with uncredited rewrites from Scorsese and Jay Cocks, it is an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' controversial 1955 novel of the same name. The film, starring Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Andre Gregory, Harry Dean…

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The Last Temptation of Christ (film) topic overview

The analysis highlights Themes, Works, Music and Literary Connections as prominent areas in the source structure around The Last Temptation of Christ (film).

Related topics
166
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
176
Extracted relationships
24
Related term clusters
44
Bridge connections
176

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 31 topics
Plot · 29 topics
Production · 29 topics
Overview · 22 topics
Controversy · 15 topics
Reception · 14 topics
Music · 13 topics
Release · 9 topics
Works cited · 3 topics
Themes · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Based on
The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
Box office
$33.8 million
Budget
$7 million
Cinematography
Michael Ballhaus
Countries
Canada · United States
Directed by
Martin Scorsese

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Cast

Production

Themes

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Release

Reception

Controversy

Works cited

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How The Last Temptation of Christ (film) connects Entity context

The extracted context around The Last Temptation of Christ (film) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Barbara Hershey, David Bowie, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Willem Dafoe Another extracted example is The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Cineplex Odeon Films, Testament Productions, Universal Pictures. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

Top relations

Starring · 5
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Barbara Hershey, David Bowie, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Willem Dafoe
Production companies · 3
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Cineplex Odeon Films, Testament Productions, Universal Pictures
Countries · 2
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Canada, United States
Distributed by · 2
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Cineplex Odeon Films (Canada), Universal Pictures (Worldwide)
Based on · 1
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
Box office · 1
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → $33.8 million
Budget · 1
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → $7 million
Cinematography · 1
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Michael Ballhaus
Directed by · 1
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Martin Scorsese
Edited by · 1
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Thelma Schoonmaker

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Important terminology

jesus film scorsese temptation christ last paul dafoe one 1988 including martin cross mary david universal production judas life filming

The Last Temptation of Christ (film) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 24 structured relationships around The Last Temptation of Christ (film). Examples in this analysis include The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Based on → The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis and The Last Temptation of Christ (film) → Box office → $33.8 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Based onThe Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Box office$33.8 million1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Budget$7 million1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)CinematographyMichael Ballhaus1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)CountriesCanada1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)CountriesUnited States1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Directed byMartin Scorsese1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Distributed byUniversal Pictures (Worldwide)1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Distributed byCineplex Odeon Films (Canada)1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Edited byThelma Schoonmaker1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Music byPeter Gabriel1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Produced byBarbara De Fina1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Production companiesUniversal Pictures1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Production companiesCineplex Odeon Films1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Production companiesTestament Productions1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Release dateAugust 12, 1988 (1988-08-12) (United States)1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Running time163 minutes1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)Screenplay byPaul Schrader1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)StarringWillem Dafoe1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)StarringHarvey Keitel1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)StarringBarbara Hershey1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)StarringHarry Dean Stanton1.00infobox
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)StarringDavid Bowie1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around The Last Temptation of Christ (film) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Temptation, Christ and Last. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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  • film adaptation
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  • the last temptation of christ (novel)
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The Last Temptation of Christ (film), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The Last Temptation of Christ (film) with Cast. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Cast · splits 145 ⟂ 32
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Plot · splits 147 ⟂ 30
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Production · splits 147 ⟂ 30
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Overview · splits 154 ⟂ 23
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Controversy · splits 161 ⟂ 16
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Reception · splits 162 ⟂ 15
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Music · splits 163 ⟂ 14
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Release · splits 167 ⟂ 10
The Last Temptation of Christ (film) — Works cited · splits 173 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

Nodes177
Edges176
Triples24
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011299
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around The Last Temptation of Christ (film) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Themes, Works, Music & Literary Connections, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — The Last Temptation of Christ (film) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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