I haven’t fully resolved the computer problems that I mentioned a few days ago, but I did manage to finish an article on Moses movies for Christianity Today. It gives a brief history of films and TV productions that have dramatized the life of Moses going back to 1903, and it looks at some of the key themes that have been explored across those films, including the brand new Exodus: Gods and Kings.
For a list of earlier articles I have written on this subject, see here.
A few more videos promoting Exodus have popped up in the last few days, too.
Here, for example, are two new TV spots:
Latino Review posted this featurette, which overlaps significantly with the interview with Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton that was posted two months ago:
And, finally, the Facebook page has posted another video-GIF:
December 22 update: The Latino Review featurette is now available on YouTube:
The film’s Facebook page has also posted a 13-second interview clip with Edgerton that overlaps a bit with the Latino Review featurette:
Check out earlier videos and my shot-by-shot trailer analyses here:
- The first trailer (July 8, 2014)
- The ‘The World’ featurette (September 3, 2014)
- The ‘Locations’ featurette (September 10, 2014)
- The ‘Costume Design’ featurette (September 17, 2014)
- The ‘Creating the Action’ featurette (September 24, 2014)
- The second trailer (October 1, 2014)
- Micro-interviews with Christian Bale and Ridley Scott (October 17, 2014)
- Interview with Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton (October 21, 2014)
- Interview with Ridley Scott (October 28, 2014)
- The ‘Something Is Coming’ and ‘Two Brothers’ TV spots (November 3, 2014)
- The 3D featurette (November 8, 2014)
- The ‘Out of My Control’, ‘Follow Me’ and ‘Remember This’ TV spots (November 10, 2014)
- The third trailer (November 10, 2014)
- The ‘Strength’ clip (November 11, 2014)
- The ‘Miriam’ clip (November 18, 2014)
- The ‘Ridley’s Epic World’ featurette (November 19, 2014)
- The ‘What Makes You Happy’ clip and the Relevant featurette (November 21, 2014)
- The Entertainment Tonight report (November 23, 2014)
- The ‘Moses’ Journey’ featurette (November 24, 2014)
- The ‘Ramses’ Journey’ featurette (November 25, 2014)
- The EPK (November 26, 2014)
- The ‘Ready Yourselves’ TV commercial (November 27, 2014)
- The ‘Plagues’ clip and the ‘Brothers vs. Brother’, ‘Gods and Kings Collide’, ‘Absolutely Epic Review’, ‘War’ and ‘Face Off’ TV spots (December 1, 2014)
- The ‘Don’t Go’ and ‘Stable’ clips (December 1, 2014)
- The ‘Egyptologists’ featurette and the Nightline report (December 2, 2014)
- The ‘This Way’ clip, the ‘Bold and Brilliant’, ‘Heaven and Earth’ and ‘You’re Not Convinced’ TV spots, and the ‘Global Premiere Highlights’ video (December 5, 2014)