Quod Scripsi Scripsi

This is not a book about Pontius Pilate. Not really. It is a book, instead, about what Pilate means, and has meant, on film and television. While this means looking to the religious and historical significance of the Roman prefect, there are a host of other issues I hope to unpack in this volume. Among these matters is the political context in which any given film was produced, as well as the “office politics” which often require archival exploration to uncover. In the yellowing memoranda and hand-written notes as well as the email records of newer films, one sees just how much behind-the-scenes collaboration goes into the making of any motion picture production. Casting is considered, but also the “star theory” that media theorist Richard Dyer discusses at length. In addition, I have looked for insight from the directors, writers, and producers of the films here under study, but above all, have tried to find out what the actors themselves had to convey about the subject. The Christian apologist Tertullian once famously asked, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” This book explores and amplifies that question. “And what has Washington, London, or Hollywood to do with all of them?”

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