[Breve recensione]Jesus Christ Superstar

Nome: Jesus Christ Superstar
Regista: Norman Jewison
Trama: l'ultima settimana di Cristo, rivista in chiave semi-moderna, fino alla crocifissione.

Riassunto veloce:
Tutti conoscete la storia della settimana santa, e non starò qua a rompere ri-raccontandola. Tutto inizia con una compagnia di attori anni 70 che va in un templio abbandonato ed inizia a recitare questa storia, in chiave semi-moderna (le guardie sono in canottiera viola, e portano lance e mitragliatrici, per intenderci). I ruoli dei personaggi sono un pò "invertiti", e la storia non è fedelissima.

Opinione:
Dare un voto sarebbe impossibile, poichè meriterebbe molto più di dieci già solo per l'interpretazione di Carl Anderson, nel ruolo di Giuda. Le musiche stupende e gli scenari fantastici riescono ad afferrare da dentro in modo davvero eccezionale. I personaggi, come ho già detto, sono un pò invertiti. Cristo è più umano che nel vangelo, mentre Giuda è visto come una povera pedina di un disegno più grande, e sfido chiunque a non provare una grande pena per lui dopo aver visto questo film. La "recitazione" (se davvero la si può definire tale) è a dir poco divina, specie in Giuda che mi ha lasciato senza parole (sì, sono ripetitivo), nonostante abbia visto tre volte il film e due volte lo spettacolo al teatro. Le voci degli attori-cantanti sono eccezionali, e le canzoni meravigliose. Non vorrei che si prendesse questo film per quello che non è: non è una rivisitazione musicale del Vangelo, ma piuttosto una denuncia ad società consumista e guerrafondaia, e anche piuttosto forte, che riesce benissimo ad adattarsi al nostro presente. In Giuda, nella prima parte del film, è fortissima la paura di dar fastidio ai Sadducei/Farisei, quindi un fortissimo coinvolgimento politico, mentre non c'è traccia di "religione" in lui, per quanto ammiri Cristo. Non so se fosse voluto, ma Cristo nella prima parte ha fatto il ruolo del "fessacchiotto", non rispettando minimamente il Vangelo, e lasciandosi un pò trasportare dalla gloria e da tutte quelle persone che lo seguono, mentre nella seconda parte esce fuori esattamente il Cristo credente e assolutamente estraneo alla società, tranne forse che nella parte del "dubbio", dopo l'ultima cena, che viene portata decisamente all'estremo. Il finale è un pò particolare. Consiglio a tutti di vederlo, chi l'ha già visto lo riveda, credenti e (soprattutto) non credenti.

Voto: molto più di 10.

P.S.
Provate ad ascoltare le canzoni allegate, ma fate in fretta perchè le toglierò fra 24 ore esatte.

[div align=center]Artist: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Title: Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar)

Everytime I look at you don't understand
Why you let the things you did get so out of hand?
You’d have managed better if you’d had it planned
Why’d you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?
If you’d come today you could have reached a whole nation
Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication

Don’t you get me wrong - I only want to know

Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ Superstar
Do you think you’re what they say you are?
Jesus Christ Superstar
Do you think you’re what they say you are?

Tell me what you think about your friends at the top
Who’d you think besides yourself’s the pick of the crop?
Buddha was he where it’s at? Is he where you are?
Could Mahomet move a mountain or was that just PR?
Did you mean to die like that?
Was that a mistake or
Did you know you messy death would be a record breaker?

Don’t you get me wrong - I only want to know

Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
Jesus Christ Superstar
Do you think you’re what they say you are?
Jesus Christ Superstar
Do you think you’re what they say you are

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Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack Lyrics

- HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS Lyrics

JUDAS

My mind is clearer now.
At last all too well
I can see where we all soon will be.
If you strip away The myth from the man,
You will see where we all soon will be. Jesus!
You've started to believe
The things they say of you.
You really do believe
This talk of God is true.
And all the good you've done
Will soon get swept away.
You've begun to matter more
Than the things you say.

Listen Jesus I don't like what I see.
All I ask is that you listen to me.
And remember, I've been your right hand man all along.
You have set them all on fire.
They think they've found the new Messiah.
And they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong.

I remember when this whole thing began.
No talk of God then, we called you a man.
And believe me, my admiration for you hasn't died.
But every word you say today
Gets twisted 'round some other way.
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied.
Nazareth, your famous son should have stayed a great unknown
Like his father carving wood He'd have made good.
Tables, chairs, and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best.
He'd have caused nobody harm; no one alarm.

Listen, Jesus, do you care for your race?
Don't you see we must keep in our place?
We are occupied; have you forgotten how put down we are?

I am frightened by the crowd.
For we are getting much too loud.
And they'll crush us if we go too far.
If they go too far....

Listen, Jesus, to the warning I give.
Please remember that I want us to live.
But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour.
All your followers are blind.
Too much heaven on their minds.
It was beautiful, but now it's sour.
Yes it's all gone sour.

Listen, Jesus, to the warning I give.
Please remember that I want us to live.
C'mon, c'mon
He won't listen to me ...
C'mon, c'mon
He won't listen to me ...

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Ed ecco una cosina per Pig:
Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack Lyrics

- WHAT'S THE BUZZ Lyrics

APOSTLES

What's the buzz?
Tell me what's a-happening. (Repeat 8 times)

JESUS

Why should you want to know?
Don't you mind about the future?
Don't you try to think ahead?
Save tomorrow for tomorrow;
Think about today instead.

APOSTLES

What's the buzz?
Tell me what's happening. (Repeat many times)

JESUS

I could give you facts and figures.
Even give you plans and forecasts.
Even tell you where I'm going.

APOSTLES

When do we ride into Jerusalem? (Repeat many times)

JESUS

Why should you want to know?
Why are you obsessed with fighting
Times and fates you can't defy?
If you knew the path we're riding,
You'd understand it less than I.

APOSTLES

What's the buzz?
Tell me what's happening. (Repeat many times)

MARY MAGDALENE

Let me try to cool down your face a bit. (Repeat 5 times)

JESUS

Mary that is good,
While you prattle through your supper,
Where and when and who and how.
She alone has tried to give me
What I need right here and now.

APOSTLES

What's the buzz?
Tell me what's happening. (Repeat many times)
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