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The Book of Life
Directed by	Hal Hartley
Written by	Hal Hartley
Produced by	Simon Arnal Caroline Benjo
Starring	Martin Donovan PJ Harvey Thomas Jay Ryan Miho Nikaido
Cinematography	Jim Denault
Edited by	Steve Hamilton
Release date	February 25, 1998 (1998-02-25)
Running time	63 minutes
Language	English

The Book of Life is a 1998 film directed by Hal Hartley. In the film, Jesus returns to earth on the eve of the new millennium planning to bring about the apocalypse, but finds himself surprisingly enamored of humanity. It stars Martin Donovan as Jesus, PJ Harvey as Mary Magdalene, and Thomas Jay Ryan as The Devil. Yo La Tengo appear as a Salvation Army band.

Production

The film was made for the 2000, Seen By... project, initiated by the French company Haut et Court to produce films depicting the approaching turn of the millennium seen from the perspectives of 10 different countries.

References

1. Susan G. Cole, Glenn Sumi, Norman Wilner, John Semley, "TOP 25 TORONTO FILMS," Now, 31 December 2013, URL accessed 15 August 2016.
2. Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, 2002, p. 367.

• ABC Limelight magazine, July 2005, quoting Hartley on the D. W. Griffith reference.

External links

• The Book of Life at IMDb
• The Book of Life at Rotten Tomatoes

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