BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, the movie version of the gospel according to John — a word-for-word version. Mary Alice Williams is here with a review: MARY ALICE WILLIAMS: Bob, for the first time in 40 ...
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN is a movie about Jesus. In movies about biblical figures we have come to expect certain stock props, and in this one we get them. Lots of olives and pita bread, earth-tone wardrobes ...
On the face of things, The Gospel of John seemed like it would be a difficult narrative to convincingly bring to life on the silver screen. For starters, how would they get an audience to sit still ...