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The Book of Life (1998)

New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.

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Jesse T 11 Jun 2007

Quirky, funny, and thoughful. Martin Donovan and Thomas Jay Ryan are both electric as a indecisive Jesus Christ and the "misunderstood" devil respectively, debating whether or not the world should end on the eve of the millenium, both reluctant to face armaggedon.

Matthew P 26 Aug 2008

Martin Donovan (DEA Agent Wonder Bread, later in his career) plays a fabulously rebellious Jesus Christ, returned to judge the quick and the dead, with PJ Harvey as Mary Magdelene, his PA. This early digital flick has some vaguely distracting art-film qualities to it (too few frames, too long exposures, for no apparent reason) but once you settle into that it becomes a truly great movie. The dialogue is exceptional, particularly the exchanges between Christ and The Devil. The ideology is thought-provoking, and the atmosphere appropriately grim. Now if only PJ Harvey had more than two lines.

Emily B 06 May 2008

Hal Hartely isn't as beloved now as he was in the 90's, and the Book of Life is a pretty brief, early-digital flick. But I still love it. Mary Magdalene played by PJ Harvey and the end of the world summoned through a 15 year old Apple note book that won't open.

Kelli B 14 Nov 2014

Hal Hartley's metaphorical film is as much a witty comedy as it is an allusive work of art house cinema. While the film can feel a bit dated with it's material concerning the paranoia surround the year 2000, the film is more timely in it's musings about humanity and progress. Shot in a hyper-digitalized style that is often entrancing (albeit sometimes disorienting) The Book of Life was also possibly Harley's most experimental film upon it's release, but it's nuanced and story-driven enough for it to function better than much of his latter work. Also, the ending is a work of true passion.

Derek B 02 Apr 2011

The narrative is quite boring at times, but stylistically and visually this is so captivating that it makes up for it, and at just one hour long it does not outstay its welcome. Thomas Jay Ryan is excellent as another Bukowskian anti-hero - well, the ultimate anti-hero really (he's Satan). The soundtrack is also excellent.