With The X-Cast moving on to coverage of the seventh season of The X-Files, I was thrilled to join Kurt North and Marlene Stemme to discuss the seventh season premiere – The Sixth Extinction and The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati – in the context of Martin Scorsese’ The Last Temptation of Christ.
Scorsese’s biblical epic was one of the most controversial major studio releases of the late eighties, attracting death threats and protests for its portrayal of Jesus Christ. It formed the basis for Mulder’s journey in The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati, with the two-parter directly lifting several scenes from the film. It’s interesting to interrogate, in large part because – despite the influence of seventies cinema on The X-Files – it feels like the show’s only real point of intersection with one of the most influential filmmakers of the seventies.
You can listen to the episode here, or click the link below.
You might be interested in our reviews of the seventh season of The X-Files:
- The Sixth Extinction
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Pilot
- The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Leviathan
- X-tra: The X-Cast – Amor Fati X-tra: The Last Temptation of Mulder
- Hungry
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Inga Fossa
- Millennium
- Rush
- The Goldberg Variation
- Orison
- The Amazing Maleeni
- Signs and Wonders
- Sein und Zeit
- Closure
- X-Cops
- First Person Shooter
- Theef
- En Ami
- Chimera
- all things
- Brand X
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Reunion
- Hollywood A.D.
- Fight Club
- Je Souhaite
- Requiem
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Camera Obscura
Filed under: Podcasts!, The X-Files | Tagged: amor fati, david duchovny, doubt, Fox Mulder, Joseph Campbell, kurt north, marlene stemme, mulder, the last temptation of christ, the x-cast, the x-files, x-cast |
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