Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ

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[ Birds Squawking ]

[ Man ]

The feeling begins.

Very tender, very loving.

Then the pain starts.

Claws slip underneath the skin

and tear their way up.

Just before they reach my eyes,

they dig in.

Then I remember.

[ Pounding ]

First, I fasted

for three months.

I even whipped myself

before I went to sleep.

At first it worked.

Then the pain came back.

And the voices.

They call me by name,

Jesus.

[ Sighs ]

[ Jesus ]

Who is it? Who are you?

Why are you following me?

Are you ready?

No, no. No more crosses.

We're ready.

Do you hear? Where's your mind?

Do you hear what I'm saying?

The Messiah

won't come that way.

What do you mean by that?

Who told you?

[ Spits ]

You're a disgrace!

The Romans can't find anybody

to make crosses except for you!

You do it!

You're worse than them!

You're a Jew killing Jews!

You're a coward!

How will you ever pay

for your sins?

With my life, Judas.

I don't have anything else.

Don't turn away.

Look at me. Look at me.

With your life?

What do you mean?

Please, Judas.

I don't know. I don't know.

- Are you still taking the cross?

- Yes, I am.

No, you're not.

[ Mutters ]

[ Groaning ]

I won't let you!

No! I won't let you!

Please, I beg you,

don't get in the way.

What way?

What's happened to you?

I'm struggling.

- With who?

- I don't know. I'm struggling.

No. No.

I struggle.

You collaborate.

[ Shouting, Grunting ]

[ Scream, Groaning ]

[ Groans ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Neck Snaps ]

[ Panting ]

[ Quiet Chattering ]

[ Chattering Continues ]

[ Indistinct Shouting ]

[ Man ]

Leave him alone. Are you ready?

[ Man ]

Stop him! Stop him!

[ Taunting, Shouting Continues ]

[ Man ]

Traitor!

You are the people of Israel.

Your children are watching.

You are the people of God. He is

judging us. He's watching you. Please.

- There he is.

- Kill him.

Don't touch him!

Get away from him!

- Don't defend him.

- He's my son!

[ Shouting Continues ]

God is with us.

He's judging us.

Fight! Fight!

[ Man ]

God help us!

God give us strength!

Give us strength now!

[ Quiet Chattering ]

[ Children Giggling ]

[ Prisoner Muttering ]

You are His children.

You are His children.

[ Dog Howling ]

Come. Come with me.

[ Centurion ]

This man naked before you now

is condemned for sedition...

for lifting his hand against Rome.

He rallied the people to revolution.

He promised that a Messiah would come

from among the people...

to rise up and destroy Rome.

- Rome is nothing.

- Murder.

- It's small.

- Betrayal, looting, and so on.

And so, therefore,

he is condemned to die.

Rome condemns him.

And all the gods

of Rome condemn him.

[ Woman Wailing ]

The shield is--

He is our heart.

He is our heart.

He is our heart.

He is our--

He is our shield.

- Lazarus.

- He is our shield.

He is our shield.

He will not abandon us.

He will not abandon you.

He will not abandon you.

He will not abandon you.

He will not abandon you.

[ Hammering, Lazarus Screaming ]

- [ Gasps ]

- [ Screaming Continues ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Man Chanting ]

Mercy on him. Mercy on him.

[ Woman Wailing ]

[ Lazarus Screaming, Groaning ]

[ Groaning ]

Ahhh! No!

- [ Screaming ]

- No.

[ Jesus ]

God loves me. I know He loves me.

I want him to stop.

I can't take the pain.

The voices and the pain.

- [ Groaning Continues ]

- I want Him to hate me.

I fight Him and make crosses

so He'll hate me.

I want Him to find somebody else.

I want to crucify

every one of his Messiahs.

You're sure it's God?

You're sure it's not the devil?

I'm not sure.

I'm not sure of anything.

If it's the devil,

the devil can be cast out.

But what if it's God?

You can't cast out God, can you?

[ Loud Footsteps ]

[ Footsteps Stop ]

[ Footsteps Continue ]

Who's that? Who's

Following me? Is that you?

[ Footsteps Continue ]

[ Yelps, Groaning ]

[ Bird Squawking ]

Magdalene. Magdalene.

[ Singing In Arabic ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Donkey Braying ]

[ Singing Continues ]

[ Chattering Continues ]

[ Jesus ]

Thank you, Lord, for bringing me

where I did not want to go.

He must be one of God's angels...

who came down

to show me the way.

[ Woman Panting, Moaning ]

[ Moaning Continues ]

[ Singing Continues ]

[ Moaning Continues ]

[ Panting, Moaning Continues ]

[ Indistinct ]

Who's out there?

Who is it?

What are you doing here?

I want you to forgive me.

I've done too many bad things.

I'm going to the desert,

and I need you to forgive me...

before I go.

Please.

Oh, I see.

You sit out there all day

with the others.

And then you come in here

with your head down, saying,

"Forgive me. Forgive me."

It's not that easy.

Just because you need forgiveness,

don't ask me to do it.

- I'm sorry, Mary.

- Now get out! Go away!

Look, Mary. Look at this.

God can change this.

God can save your soul.

He already broke my heart.

He took you away from me.

And I hate both of you!

Hate me. Blame me.

It's all my fault.

But not God's.

Don't say that about God.

Who made me feel

this way about God?

I know.

That's why I'm here.

That's why I want you

to forgive me.

I'll pay my debt.

I know...

the worst things I've done

have been to you.

Pay or go away.

[ Sobbing ]

Mary...

don't you remember?

No, I don't remember.

Why should I?

Nothing's changed.

Save the truth.

You want to save my soul?

This is where you'll find it.

You know that.

You're the same as all the others,

only you can't admit it.

You're pitiful.

I hate you.

Here's my body.

Save it.

Save it.

Oh! Is that the way

you show you're a man?

Turn away.

Don't look at me.

You never had the courage

to be a man. Don't look at me.

If you weren't hanging onto your mother,

you were hanging onto me.

Now you're hanging onto God.

Going to the desert to hide

because you're scared.

Well, go. Whenever

I see you, my heart breaks.

I do remember

when we were children.

Never have I felt so much

tenderness toward anyone...

as I felt toward you then.

All I ever wanted was you.

Nothing else.

What do you think I wanted?

Please... stay.

Is it so bad sharing

a prostitute's room?

I won't touch you.

You'll still be a virgin.

Mary, I'm sorry.

I can't stay.

Welcome. This way.

Do you always pray

this late at night?

It's a funeral.

The master of the monastery died.

Shall I pray with you?

No. Sleep.

You must be tired.

I know who you are.

[ Chanting In Distance ]

That was the man who

brought me here last night.

Last night?

He was dead last night.

[ Chanting Continues ]

The master's soul

is gone to heaven.

His body's work is completed.

It walked under the sun

and the moon...

over sand and stone...

sinned, felt pain...

yearned for heaven.

We commend his remains

to our god.

Flesh, the master

no longer needs you.

Melt away.

First came the wings,

then the angel.

His spirit actually

appeared to you.

He treated you

like a royal visitor.

He recognized you

for something.

No, he couldn't have

recognized me for anything.

I only came here

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