Holy billboard! What binds movie posters and religion? (Guardian Unlimited)

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It's hardly revelatory to note that religion deserves the credit and the blame for more aspects of our culture than you can shake a stick at – but who knew that the movie poster was among them? In 1898, after a small bill proved less effective than hoped, the promoters of The Life of Christ – one of the earliest features made in the United States, a tableau film based on the Oberammergau ...

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