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''Da Sweet Blood of Jesus'' is a 2014 film directed by Spike Lee about a wealthy anthropologist who is stabbed by an ancient African dagger and turned into a vampire. Lee has said the film is about "Human beings who are addicted to blood" and called it "...A new kind of love story."〔Wickman, Forrest. ("Spike Lee’s Kickstarter Movie Is a Surprise Remake. Will Supporters Get What They Paid For?" ) 24 June 2014. ''Slate''.〕 The film is an unofficial remake of the 1973 film ''Ganja and Hess'' (with original writer Bill Gunn receiving a credit as co-writer, along with Lee). It was the first of Lee's films to be funded through Kickstarter.〔 The film was released on June 22, 2014 at the American Black Film Festival as the closing film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spike Lee’s ‘Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus’ Closes The 2014 American Black Film Festival )〕 It was released in theaters and on VOD on February 13, 2015, by Gravitas Ventures. ==Plot== The film opens with an unnamed dancer (Charles “Lil Buck” Riley) dancing in various locations around Brooklyn during the credit sequence. From there, the plot follows Dr. Hess Green (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a wealthy African-American anthropologist and art collector who acquires a dagger originating in the ancient Ashanti Empire, a highly advanced civilization who, Green claims, became addicted to blood transfusions. That night, Lafayette Hightower (Elvis Nolasco) --an emotionally unstable colleague from the museum which acquired the dagger--, pays a visit to Green's impressive, African-art covered Martha's Vineyard mansion. The two cordially discuss history and philosophy, but once Green has retired for the evening, Hightower becomes drunk and climbs a tree with a noose, claiming he wants to commit suicide. Green successfully talks him down, but later that night Hightower attacks and stabs Green with the Ashanti ceremonial dagger, and then kills himself. Green, discovering the body, drinks Hightower's blood and becomes a vampire. He discovers that he is invulnerable to physical harm, can no longer tolerate normal food and drink, and has an insatiable need for more blood. Though he steals several bags of blood from a doctor's office, he quickly finds that he needs fresh victims. The first is a prostitute (Felicia Pearson) who he kills only to discover that her blood is HIV-positive. After a period of tension, doctors confirm that he has not contracted the virus. He also kills a young woman with a baby (Jeni Perillo) who he meets in a public park. Soon, Hightower's estranged wife, Ganja (Zaraah Abrahams), arrives at Green's house searching for her husband. Green and Mrs. Hightower quickly become lovers, and she moves into Green's expansive mansion. When she unwittingly discovers her husband's corpse --frozen in Green's wine cellar-- she is initially angry, but after Green explains that he is a vampire and that he loves her, she agrees to marry him. Shortly thereafter, he turns her into a vampire as well. Ganja is initially horrified by her new existence, but Green teaches her how to survive. For her first kill, he brings home an old female acquaintance (Naté Bova), who Ganja seduces and then strangles. The two vampires dispose of the body, even though the "corpse" does not appear to be dead. Eventually, Green becomes disillusioned of this life, and makes a visit to a Red Hook church where he is moved by an energetic musical performance, but finds himself unable to walk up the aisle to the front. Meanwhile, back at home Ganja murders Green's loyal domestic servant (Rami Malek). When she searches for Green to confess, she finds that he is committing suicide by standing in the shadow of a cross. Green dies in her arms, glad to be at peace. Ganja, though saddened by his death, lives on, presumably continuing her vampiric lifestyle. After the funeral, she walks out onto the beach, and, mysteriously, the young woman she had previously killed emerges naked from the water and joins her to watch the sunset. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Da Sweet Blood of Jesus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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