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In "The Passion of the Christ," Mel Gibson shows little interest in celebrating the electric charge of hope and redemption that Jesus Christ brought into the world. He largely ignores Jesus' heart-stopping eloquence, his startling ethical radicalism and personal radiance--Christ as a "paragon of vitality and poetic assertion," as John Updike described Jesus' character in his essay "The Gospel According to Saint Matthew." Cecil B. De Mille had his version of Jesus' life, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Martin Scorsese had theirs, and Gibson, of course, is free to skip over the incomparable glories of Jesus' temperament and to devote ...
- Who Killed Jesus? Mel Gibson's powerful but troubling new movie, 'The Passion...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek February 16, 2004 700+ words
...blames the Jewish people for Jesus' death and those who are instead focused on Gibson's emotional depiction of Jesus' torment. "It is as it...Temple elite that believed Jesus might provoke Pilate. Gibson is an ultraconservative Roman...
- Jesus, Mel Gibson, & the demon Jew.(blood guilt)("The Passion of the Christ")
- Magazine article from: The Humanist Parenti, Michael September 1, 2004 700+ words
...of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and denounced...blaming the Jews for Jesus' death. Gibson defended his movie by...this is mentioned in Gibson's film. The Roman...who looks kindly upon Jesus and is unwilling to kill...
- Jewish leaders condemn film; Call Gibson's movie on Jesus' Crucifixion...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 29, 2003 700+ words
...yesterday condemned Mel Gibson's yet-to-be...saying its depiction of Jesus' final 12 hours will...guilt for the death of Jesus. Mel Gibson is a devout Catholic...Lenten season. The Mel Gibson movie depicts Jesus' final 12 hours...
- Mel Gibson's Bible: Religion, Popular Culture, and The Passion of the...
- Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature Plate, S. Brent March 22, 2007 700+ words
Mel Gibson's Bible: Religion, Popular Culture...ISBN 0-22603975-7, $42.00. Jesus and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Edited...4853-8. Pp. 307. $19.95. Mel Gibson's Passion: The Film, the Controversy...
- Pop quiz: Jesus versus Mel Gibson.(Religion; who said what)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Esquire February 1, 2004 700+ words
...a bat and, what's even better, a Shinto stick, which I can beat the shit out of them with." 10) "Peter Weir is a greet director." SOURCES: THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE NEW YORKER, PLAYBOY, EL PAIS ANSWER: JESUS: 1, 3, 6, 7, 10
- Yishai: Ban Gibson's Jesus Film in Israel.
- Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx February 26, 2004 700+ words
...surrounding the death of Jesus that have accompanied...Regretfully, Gibson refused all of...the mother of Jesus, is Jewish and she said Gibson made changes because...them for death of Jesus. They have warned...anti-Semitism. Gibson, who also funded...
- The Passion shows us all how violent we really are; Scene&Heard Mel Gibson's...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) March 25, 2004 700+ words
...the most moving scenes in Mel Gibson's controversial The Passion...the blood-spattered feet of Jesus, nailed to the Cross. This...almost the entire two hours of Gibson's religious epic, one's...scenes, as Jim Caviezel's Jesus is whipped, beaten and crushed...
- Mel Gibson screens Jesus movie to a few.
- News wire article from: United Press International August 2, 2003 700+ words
...International via COMTEX) Mel Gibson is building an audience for...also being shown the film that Gibson has poured $25 million of his...reverential and violent depiction of Jesus' suffering and death ever put...said the problem isn't that Gibson is anti-Semitic, but that...
