It also spans 30 years of time as we see a young Joshua Bar Joseph grow up to be Jesus Christ, and there’s a challenging balance of comedy and high drama at work that would ultimately translate to a smart flick that has the potential for slapstick and quick dialog.īecause deep down it’s a buddy comedy featuring Christ. Since it sweeps across the ancient Levant to Tibet and India and all the way back, it’s a perfect picture postcard waiting for a talented cinematographer to capture. The ultimate journey, the study of the ultimate character. PrintĮssentially, this book has two main, competing things going for it that would make it a brilliant movie: it’s an epic journey rooted in an intimate character study.
They struggle through young love, travel through the wonders of the developing world, and wrap their minds around being the savior of all humanity. With a framing device of an angel bringing a lost apostle back to life wrapped firmly around it, “Lamb” tells the lost story of Jesus’ life from age 6 through the eyes of his idiot best friend and hetero life-mate Biff. “The angel was cleaning out his closets when the call came.” Synopsis
This week, Print to Projector presents: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would make great source material for film adaptations.
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