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Messiah

Filmmaker William Klein takes on Handel’s Messiah and has created a concert film that mixes the sacred with the profane. Performed in its entirety, the oratorio provides a narrative of Christ’s nativity, passion and resurrection juxtaposed against images of absurdities and abuses against the human species across the world. The film reveals a wide array of worshippers from the Bodybuilders of Christ to the Lavender Light Gay and Lesbian Interracial Choir to the Dallas police choir.

1h 57m1999TMDb 8.0

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

Filmmaker William Klein takes on Handel’s Messiah and has created a concert film that mixes the sacred with the profane. Performed in its entirety, the oratorio provides a narrative of Christ’s nativity, passion and resurrection juxtaposed against images of absurdities and abuses against the human species across the world. The film reveals a wide array of worshippers from the Bodybuilders of Christ to the Lavender Light Gay and Lesbian Interracial Choir to the Dallas police choir.

  • Kuiv Productions
  • France 2 Cinéma

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Info

Status
Released
Released
17 December 1999
Runtime
1h 57m
TMDB score
8.0 / 10 (2 votes)

Production

Director
William Klein
Studios
Kuiv Productions, France 2 Cinéma
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English