25 Things Revisited

Back in August I declared my intentions for 25 Things to Look out for on the Blog. I've been cracking on with those, although a few other items have snuck onto the agenda and so, as Christmas is a time for end-of-term reports, I thought it was about time I reflected on the progress that's been made.

18 films
Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914) [done]
Salome (1922)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
Samson and Delilah (1922)
Lot in Sodom (1933) [done]
The Great Commandment (1939) [done]
Salome (1953)
Barabbas (1961) [done]
Il Vecchio Testamento (The Old Testament) (1962)
I Grandi Condottieri (Samson and Gideon) (1965)
Jesus, Nuestro Senor (1971)
Moses und Aron (1973)
Jacob and Joseph (1974)
Wholly Moses (1981)
St. John in Exile (1986)
Book of Life (1998)
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001) [done]
Noah (2014) [done]
Chasing the Star (2017) [done]
The Star (2017) [done]
Mary Magdalene (2018)

3 series
The Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978-79)
A.D. The Bible Continues(2015) [progressing]
Pioneers of African-American Cinema

3 books
"The Silents of Jesus in the Cinema" - David Shepherd et al. [done]
"Hollywood Biblical Epics: Camp Spectacle and Queer Style from the Silent Era to the Modern Day" - Richard A. Lindsay
"Judas Iscariot: Damned or Redeemed" - Carol A. Hebron

...and lastly...
...there's a piece on the Lion's Den in film. [done]

I make that 9&1/2; out of 25. Not brilliant, but a good start. It's worth pointing out in defence of my slowish progress that Mary Magdalene has now been moved to 2018 and the research for a couple of these is well underway. Over those 4 months I've also managed to review the following (which probably should have been on the original list):

Daniel dans la fosse aux lions (1905)
La Sacra Bibbia (1920)
Greaser's Palace (1972)
The Nativity (1978)
Hombre Mirando Al Sudeste (1986)
Moses und Aron (2010)
Left Behind (2014)
mother! (2017)

My next target is to cover Hal Hartley's Book of Life (1998). I figure as it's a New Year's Eve film (for the ultimate New Year, I suppose) then I should try and get it done by then. Hopefully for these next few months - particularly now I've covered most of the films I should probably have included in the first place - I'll stick a bit better to the plan. That said, there's already the need to cover Paul, Apostle of the Christ when it's released in the spring.