Allegedly, this movie was considered highly controversial more than 30 years ago. Luckily for us, those days are over and we can appreciate and admire it for the beautiful photography, great interpreters and fantastic songs. Even after all these years, "Jesus Christ Superstar" has not aged a bit (compared, for instance to "Hair"). From the first frame, shot like the rest of the movie in beautiful, desert landscapes of Israel, the whole film moves on without a dull moment. I loved the idea of having the performing artists arriving in a bus; it conveys a message about not taking the film too seriously. Each song is performed in a different setting: barren hills for Judas singing about his worries; a surreal cave for a chorus number; desert at night for Mary Magdalene singing about her love. Each setting is just about perfectly suggestive. Among the greatest moments: the dance scene, with a few brilliant freeze-frames, Herod song and, of course the title song, performed by an already-deceased Judas. Above all, there is a feeling of youthful energy that pervades the movie so much that one may even forget about the sadness of the story. If you do not particularly like musicals, I would recommend this one as probably the only one worth seeing.
Review of Jesus Christ Superstar
