"""a holocaust movie that has the power to destroy souls eternally."" In some countries, including Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina, the film was banned or censored for several years. As of July 2010, the film continues to be banned in the Philippines and Singapore. The Last Temptation of Christ (film) The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 American epic drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by Paul Schrader with uncredited rewrites from Scorsese and Jay Cocks, the film is an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' controversial 1955 novel of the same name. The film, starring Willem Dafoe, Harvey"
"has cited William S. Burroughs and Vladimir Nabokov as influences. Perhaps the best example of a film that straddles the line between his works of personal chaos and psychological confusion is Cronenberg's 1991 ""adaptation"" of ""Naked Lunch"" (1959), his literary hero William S. Burroughs' most controversial book. The novel was considered ""unfilmable"", and Cronenberg acknowledged that a straight translation into film would ""cost 400 million dollars and be banned in every country in the world"". Instead—much like in his earlier film, ""Videodrome""—he consistently blurred the lines between what appeared to be reality and what appeared to be hallucinations brought on"
"and a TV film version was produced in 1983, featuring Jack Hedley as Scobie. The Heart of the Matter The Heart of the Matter (1948) is a novel by English author Graham Greene. The book details a life-changing moral crisis for Henry Scobie. Greene, a British intelligence officer in Freetown, Sierra Leone, drew on his experience there. Although Freetown is not mentioned in the novel, Greene confirms the location in his 1980 memoir, ""Ways of Escape"". ""The Heart of the Matter"" was enormously popular, selling more than 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom upon its release. It won the 1948"
"However, each of these instances came after the release of Stanley Kubrick's popular 1971 film adaptation of ""A Clockwork Orange"", itself the subject of much controversy. ""The Sunday Telegraph"" review was positive, and described the book as ""entertaining ... even profound"". ""The Sunday Times"" review was negative, and described the book as ""a very ordinary, brutal and psychologically shallow story"". ""The Times"" also reviewed the book negatively, describing it as ""a somewhat clumsy experiment with science fiction [with] clumsy cliches about juvenile delinquency"". The violence was criticised as ""unconvincing in detail"". Burgess dismissed ""A Clockwork Orange"" as ""too didactic to"
"discussion of Blaise Pascal. But they are divided by the differences of their faith: Vigot is a Roman Catholic and Fowler an atheist. The novel was popular in England and over the years has achieved notable status, being adapted into films in 1958 and most recently in 2002 by Miramax, featuring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser and earning the former a Best Actor nomination. However, after its publication in the United States in 1956, the novel was widely condemned as anti-American. It was criticised by ""The New Yorker"" for portraying Americans as murderers, largely based on one scene in which"
"made its way to production as a major motion picture of the same name in 1999. ""Bringing Out the Dead"" was directed by Martin Scorsese and the screenplay was adapted by Paul Schrader. Though the film was a critical success, it fell short of box office expectations. His second novel, ""Crumbtown"" (2003), didn't sell as well as the first. Although the book's characters were the trademark down-and-out personalities of Connelly's debut novel, he was criticized for relying on well-trodden clichés. Joe Connelly (writer) Joe Connelly is an American writer. Connelly is best known for his first novel, ""Bringing Out the"
"highly lauded by critics upon original release, but was a box office bomb, making an overall loss. As noted in ""Scorsese on Scorsese"" by editor–interviewer Ian Christie, the news that Scorsese wanted to make a film about a failed 19th-century romance raised many eyebrows among the film fraternity; all the more when Scorsese made it clear that it was a personal project and not a studio for-hire job. Scorsese was interested in doing a ""romantic piece"". His friend Jay Cocks gave him the Wharton novel in 1980, suggesting that this should be the romantic piece Scorsese should film as Cocks"
"33,333 lines. While Kazantzakis felt this poem held his cumulative wisdom and experience, and that it was his greatest literary experience, critics were split, ""some praised it as an unprecedented epic, [while] many simply viewed it as a hybristic act,"" with many scholars still being split to this day. A common criticism of ""The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel"" was aimed at Kazantzakis' over-reliance on flowery and metaphorical verse, a criticism that is also aimed at his works of fiction. Many of Kazantzakis' most famous novels were published between 1940 and 1961, including ""Zorba the Greek"" (1946), ""Christ Recrucified"" (1948), ""Captain"
"and grew a stronger and more personal connection to God through their doubt. Moreover, scholars like Darren J. N. Middleton argue that Kazantzakis' interpretation of the Christian faith predated the more modern, personalized interpretation of Christianity that has become popular in the years after Kazantzakis' death. Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis ( ; 18 February 188326 October 1957) was a Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years. Kazantzakis' novels included ""Zorba the Greek"" (published 1946 as ""Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas""), ""Christ Recrucified"" (1948),"
"Zorba the Greek Zorba the Greek (, , Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by the Cretan author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name by Michael Cacoyannis as well as a 1968 musical, ""Zorba"". The book opens in a café in Piraeus, just before dawn on a gusty autumn morning. The year is most likely 1916. The"
"Sins of the Fathers"" (1991) caused a controversy when Nicholas Mosley resigned from the judging panel for the Booker Prize, protesting that none of his books (of which Massie's was the favourite) made it on to the shortlist (Martin Amis' ""Time's Arrow"" edged out Massie's novel for the final spot on the six book list). Those two novels, and ""Shadows of Empire"" constitute a loose trilogy in which a constant concern is the potential danger of idealism and ideology, as well as the struggle to lead a decent personal life in indecent political times. In 2009, Massie brought out what"
"was upheld by the Federal Court of Justice in 1968. In the time-consuming lawsuit, the controversy over libel and the freedom of fiction from censorship was finally decided by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1971. It ruled that Gründgens's post-mortem personality rights prevailed and upheld the prohibition imposed on the publisher. However, the novel met with no further protests when it was published again in 1981 by Rowohlt. In 1981, the novel was made into the film ""Mephisto"", directed by István Szabó, with Klaus Maria Brandauer in the role of Hendrik Höfgen. The film was a huge commercial and critical"
"of the best-selling novels of the 1940s and dramatizes the crucifixion of Jesus from the point of view of Marcellus Gallio, the Roman tribune who commands the garrison that carries out the crucifixion of Jesus. Marcellus winds up in custody of Jesus' robe and converts to Christianity because of his experiences interacting with the robe's magical powers. Like ""Ben-Hur"", ""The Robe"" was in 1953 adapted into an Academy Award winning film. In the twentieth century, there began to appear heterodox Bible fiction. Nikos Kazantzakis' ""The Last Temptation of Christ"" (1960), caused a widespread outcry and appeared on many banned book"
"because ""Finnegans Wake"", while widely recognized as a masterpiece, was also widely dismissed as unintelligible--""the greatest book that nobody's ever read""; and because they had recognized in ""The Skin of Our Teeth"" (1942), the popular play by Thornton Wilder, an appropriation from Joyce's novel not only of themes but of plot and language as well. ""A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake"" was first published by Harcourt Brace in 1944. A second edition was published by Viking Press in 1968. An unauthorized edition published by Buccaneer Books in 1993 was withdrawn when the Joseph Campbell Foundation complained of copyright infringement. A"
"that killed Vollmer. After Burroughs returned to the United States, he was convicted of manslaughter ""in absentia"", and received a two-year suspended sentence. Burroughs found success with his confessional first novel, ""Junkie"" (1953), but he is perhaps best known for his third novel ""Naked Lunch"" (1959), a highly controversial work that was the subject of a court case after it was challenged as being in violation of the U.S. sodomy laws. With Brion Gysin, he also popularized the literary cut-up technique in works such as The Nova Trilogy (1961–1964). In 1983, Burroughs was elected to the American Academy and Institute"
"one that deserves as much attention as Jackson’s more popular writings."" ""The New York Times"" praised the book as a ""dryly unsettling [...] novel"". The Book Wheel Blog awarded the novel 3 out of 5 stars and felt that it ""has all of the classic Shirley Jackson hallmarks, including family mysteries and twisted rivalries."" In 2014, Penguin Publishing reprinted the novel, along with Jackson's 1958 work ""The Sundial"". A film adaptation of the book, titled ""Lizzie,"" was filmed in 1957 and released the following year. It was directed by Hugo Haas, and starred Eleanor Parker as the titular character. The"
"adaptation of Eco's 1988 novel ""Foucault's Pendulum"", declined due to his dissatisfaction with the film adaptation of his earlier novel ""The Name of the Rose"". Additionally, Eco sought the role of screenwriter but Kubrick was unwilling to cooperate. Following Kubrick's death, Eco stated that he regretted his initial decision. Prior to the commencement of work for ""2001"", Terry Southern suggested the production of a high-budget pornographic film called ""Blue Movie"" to Kubrick; Southern proposed the film as an attempt to reinvent the genre. Kubrick decided against Southern's suggestion in the belief that he did not have the appropriate temperament for"
"by David Yallop and ""Frame-Up! The Untold Story of Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle"" by Andy Edmonds are other books on Arbuckle's life. The 1963 novel, ""Scandal in Eden"" by Garet Rogers, is a fictionalized version of the Arbuckle scandal. Fatty Arbuckle's was an American-themed restaurant chain in the UK prominent during the 1980s and named after Arbuckle. ""Stoneface"", a 2012 play by Vanessa Claire Stewart about Buster Keaton, depicts Keaton's and Arbuckle's friendship and professional relationship. Arbuckle is played by actor Brett Ashy in the motion picture ""Return to Babylon"" (2013). The scandal is described during the climax of the film"
"specifically to the changes that took place in the 1940s, but the subgenre it defines is still a mainstay of science fiction. Utopian fiction eventually gave birth to a negative and often more cynical genre, known as dystopian: Aldous Huxley's ""negative utopia"" ""Brave New World"" (1932) and, ""Animal Farm"" (1945) and ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1949) by George Orwell. ""The thought-destroying force"" of McCarthyism influenced Ray Bradbury's ""Fahrenheit 451"" (1953). Examples of young adult dystopian fiction include ""The Hunger Games"" (2008) by Suzanne Collins, ""The House of the Scorpion"" (2002) by Nancy Farmer, ""Divergent"" (2011) by Veronica Roth, ""The Maze Runner"" (2009)"
"the book and film depicting Christ being tempted by imagining himself engaged in sexual activities, a notion that has caused outrage from some Christians. The film includes a disclaimer stating “""This film is not based on the Gospels, but upon the fictional exploration of the eternal spiritual conflict"".” Like the novel it was based on, the film generated controversy at the time of its release from Christian religious groups, who took issue with its departures from the gospel narratives contained in it. Although a box office failure, it received positive reviews from critics upon its release and Scorsese received a"
"exposure, possession of narcotics, and failing to participate in a civil defense drill. Besides his theatre work, Beck published several volumes of poetry reflecting his anarchist beliefs, two non-fiction books: ""The Life of the Theatre"" and ""Theandric"" and had several film appearances, with small roles in ""Oedipus Rex"" (1967), ""Love and Anger"" (1969), ""The Cotton Club"" (1984), ""9½ Weeks"" (1986), and his role in """" (1986). Beck also appeared in an episode of ""Miami Vice"". In 1970 Beck's work was denounced alongside Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett by ""Nëndori"", the literary monthly of Albania, for supposedly being ""inundated by mysticism"
"the chart for several years as well as its paperback edition. It became the best-selling novel of the 1980s, selling 1,625,544 hardcover copies. The book received wide critical acclaim. ""The Washington Post"" praised it as a “rousing adventure” and “a crackling good yarn”. ""The New York Times"" remarked in its review: “The issues raised are real ones, and a jump ahead of the headlines.” Publishers Weekly hailed it as Clancy's best work since ""The Hunt for Red October"". The book was adapted as a feature film, which was released on August 3, 1994. Harrison Ford reprised his role from the"
"Caine and co-starring David Warner, failed at the box office when released in 1980. During the 1980s, Benchley wrote three novels that did not sell as well as his previous works. However, ""Girl of the Sea of Cortez"", a fable influenced by John Steinbeck about man's complicated relationship with the sea, was his best-reviewed book and has attracted a considerable cult following since its publication. ""Sea of Cortez"" signposted Benchley's growing interest in ecological issues and anticipated his future role as an impassioned advocate of the importance of protecting the marine environment. ""Q Clearance"", published in 1986, was written from"
"material for a film which seemed to glorify sex and violence. The film made it easy for readers of the book to misunderstand what it was about, and the misunderstanding will pursue me until I die. I should not have written the book because of this danger of misinterpretation, and the same may be said of Lawrence and ""Lady Chatterley's Lover""."" ""A Clockwork Orange"" was chosen by ""Time"" magazine as one of the 100 best English-language books from 1923 to 2005. The best known adaptation of the novella to other forms is the 1971 film ""A Clockwork Orange"" by Stanley"
"and repeat the dose as often as necessary'"", although, as his biographer Neil McAleer points out, he was promoting sales of his book at the time. Elsewhere he said, ""You will find my interpretation in the novel; it is not necessarily Kubrick's. Nor is his necessarily the 'right' one – whatever that means."" Film critic Penelope Houston noted in 1971 that the novel differs in many key respects from the film, and as such perhaps should not be regarded as the skeleton key to unlock it. Stanley Kubrick was less inclined to cite the book as a definitive interpretation of"
"bestsellers list, 28 weeks for the hardcover edition and 28 for the paperback. The novel received a negative review from the ""New York Times"", as opposed to positive reviews from ""TIME"" and ""Publishers Weekly"". Vonnegut himself was unhappy with the novel, and gave it a C grade on a report card of his published work. However, it remains one of Vonnegut's best-known and most-influential works. In 1999, the novel was made into a film of the same name, starring Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte and Omar Epps; ""see"" ""Breakfast of Champions (film)"". The movie was widely panned by critics"
"1988 and a Pulitzer Prize in 1989. The book was the basis for the 1997 film ""Wilde"", directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Stephen Fry as the title character. Neil McKenna's 2003 biography, ""The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde,"" offers an exploration of Wilde's sexuality. Often speculative in nature, it was widely criticised for its pure conjecture and lack of scholarly rigour. Thomas Wright's ""Oscar's Books"" (2008) explores Wilde's reading from his childhood in Dublin to his death in Paris. After tracking down many books that once belonged to Wilde's Tite Street library (dispersed at the time of his trials),"
"'80s, an entire underground of transgressive fiction flourished. Its biggest stars included J.G. Ballard, a British writer known for his strange and frightening dystopian novels; Kathy Acker, an American known for her sex-positive feminist fiction; and Charles Bukowski, an American known for his tales of womanizing, drinking, and gambling. The notorious 1971 film version of Anthony Burgess's ""A Clockwork Orange"", contained scenes of rape and ""ultraviolence"" by a futuristic youth gang complete with its own argot, and was a major influence on popular culture; it was subsequently withdrawn in the UK, and heavily censored in the US. In the 1990s,"
"to disprove a statement from a critic claiming that science fiction and horror were opposites and therefore incompatible. Martin considered ""Sandkings"" (1979) the best known of these. Another was the novella ""Nightflyers"" (1980), whose screen and television rights were purchased by Vista in 1984, which produced a 1987 film adaptation, ""Nightflyers"", with a screenplay co-written by Martin. Martin was unhappy about having to cut plot elements in order to accommodate the film's small budget. While not a hit at theatres, Martin believes that the film saved his career, and that everything he has written since exists in large part because"
"is martyred by being crucified upside-down. The Church of Domine Quo Vadis in Rome is built where the meeting between Peter and Jesus allegedly took place. The words ""quo vadis"" as a question also occur at least seven times in the Latin Vulgate. The Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz authored the novel ""Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero"" (1895), which in turn has been made into motion pictures several times, including a 1951 version that was nominated for eight Academy Awards. For this and other novels, Sienkiewicz received the 1905 Nobel Prize for Literature. In a season four"
"that year, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted as a film directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad; Fonda was nominated for the best actor Academy Award. ""Grapes"" was controversial. Steinbeck's New Deal political views, negative portrayal of aspects of capitalism, and sympathy for the plight of workers, led to a backlash against the author, especially close to home. Claiming the book was both obscene and misrepresented conditions in the county, the Kern County Board of Supervisors banned the book from the county's publicly funded schools and libraries in August 1939. This ban"
"Or if there's been an unusual pattern of co-incidences associated with the film such as a series of deaths or a series of accidents during filming."" The central section of the book, and the two films which receive the most analysis, are Polanski's ""Macbeth"" (1971), and William Friedkin's ""The Exorcist"" (1973). Polanski's ""Macbeth"", which receives the most complete coverage, is intercut with descriptions of and parallels with the Manson Family murder of Sharon Tate, Polanski's wife. The section on ""The Exorcist"" details extreme audience reactions to the film. Films which receive shorter coverage include """" (1983) and Oliver Stone's ""Natural"
"about the lives of seven American paratroopers while stationed in Japan. His most controversial novel, ""Tiger in the Honeysuckle"" (1965), was set within the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s in a fictionalized Hattiesburg. Exploring a white Southern newspaperman immersed in the changing times, it was harshly criticized by the ""New York Times"" and the ""Herald Tribune"", but Granville Hicks of the ""Saturday Review"" wrote that it was ""a sound piece of journalistic fiction, both informative and exciting."" He said that readers would likely respond based on their own positions on ""the race question, not by anything inherent in the"