Christ Among the Primitives (1953)

This is quite an interesting montage of artefacts that depict the Christ figure and associated imagery very much from an almost pagan perspective. In fact, if you didn’t know that there was a connection to Christianity (the Vatican had an hand in this production) then you could easily be forgiven for thinking this was a collection of far more generic, exaggerated and sexualised objects sculpted of wood and stone - though as it progresses that more traditional identification is easier to make. It has a slightly oppressive score, but you cannot but appreciate the beautiful and detailed craftsmanship on display contrasting with some more basic and rudimentary, almost animalistic, depictions that look Aztec and Inca in nature. The production is basic but effective and art historians and/or those of religiosity might find this worth a watch.