The weakest act of the film (if we exclude the coda) is the Adam & Eve segment · I suppose there is some shock value in their nakedness · And certainly some in their copulation · But overall, the segment is rather banal · At the end of her roll in the sand, Eve is quick to take control; she says, "I'm so hungry" -the only words spoken in the film · And we move on to …
Poole puts a fun twist to the Bathsheba story, played as a Mack Sennet silent movie comedy · The bad guy is Uriah for neglecting his wife · Bathsheba is just a lonely housewife of Jerusalem · And David is portrayed as a peeping tom with raging testosterone · The scene opens with Bathsheba eating an apple …
In Pool's Samson and Delilah, Samson is a bully deserving of Delilah's revenge · That Samson was a bully is a widely accepted Biblical interpretation · This act is nicely staged, filmed and acted · It is my favorite of the three ·
The Annunciation at the end of the film could have been left off without it being missed · It's a bit too cheesy and cartoonish for such an important concept as the union of god and human · So perhaps Poole doesn't want us to take it too seriously · It ends with a flashing neon sign "Bethlehem Inn - No Vacancy " · Is Poole suggesting that this whole Biblical thing is nothing more than a visit to a cheap roadside motel?