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The Book Of Life

Jesus Christ shows up in New York on the last day of the century to begin the end of the world. But he changes his mind. 

This was Hartley's first longer video piece using the rough impressionistic distortion techniques he'd developed through the mid 1990's. 

"Whimsical... but deeply serious..."  New York Times - Stephen Holden

"A wicked, skillfully crafted, and eminently wise black comedy"   Austin Chronicle - Marc Savlov

FEATURING:
Martin Donovan
PJ Harvey
Thomas Jay Ryan
David Simonds
DJ Mendel
Miho Nikaido

Originally Released: 1998
Language: English
Running Time: 63 Minutes

From Hal Hartley & Possible Films