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Mel Gibson's gospel.(Film)(The Passion of the Christ)(Movie Review)
BACK IN THE 1950S it was said that you needed a degree in theology to review the latest Graham Greene novel, such was the complexity of the moral and religious conundrums in books like The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair. I feel much the same with Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, only the degree should be in biblical history. Films like this don't exist in a vacuum, and Gibson's treatment of Gospel and traditional sources is vital to understanding his film-making, since as well as directing The Passion he is credited as co-writer of the screenplay. Gibson is a traditional Catholic who, while making the film, went daily to a Tridentine Mass, and rejects ...
- The Gospel truth? For both sides in conflict of Mel Gibson's `Passion,' the...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Schorow, Stephanie February 18, 2004 700+ words
...Both critics and supporters of Mel Gibson's upcoming movie "The Passion...described in the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? Critics...including: - In three Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus' cross...t glory in violence the way Mel Gibson does. There's something...
- BLOOD, BUT LITTLE FORGIVENESS, IN MEL GIBSON'S 'PASSION'.(U)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) February 24, 2004 700+ words
...crunching martyrdom. Mel Gibson's version of the last...mention in the gospels of Matthew and Mark, while Luke and...Monica Bellucci. Director: Mel Gibson. Running time: 2 hr...release. In a nutshell: Mel Gibson
- Mel Gibson may not be anti-Semitic, but he's not a very moral man.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kelly, Christopher February 20, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Christopher Kelly Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ...excused. Wearing a cloak of piety, Mel Gibson _ who has been quoted as saying the...it is recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (the only one of the Gospels that...
- The protocols of Mel Gibson.
- Magazine article from: The Nation Pollitt, Katha March 29, 2004 700+ words
...friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: Is it...we don't choose our parents, but Mel Gibson has not only not dissociated himself...but not the soundtrack) the line from Matthew in which the crowd condemns itself...
- Gibson's Passion: the challenges for Catholics.(Mel Gibson, The Passion of the...
- Magazine article from: Shofar Pawlikowski, John T. March 22, 2005 700+ words
...chemotherapy in this regard. Regrettably, Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ moves...blood libel curse from the gospel of Matthew (27:25), arguably the most...classical antisemitic themes which Mel Gibson has brought back to the forefront...
- Worshippers take 'Passion' back to church; Mel Gibson's film isinspiring...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 7, 2004 700+ words
...Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Mel Gibson's epic film "The Passion of The...Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Matthew in east Dallas. Mr. Mills said...about the Gospel, but the movie is Mel Gibson's vision of the passion of the...
- 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
In the spring of 2004 Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ...the Jews. The synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke clearly indicate...people" (with similar passages in Matthew 21 and Luke 19). None of this is...
- Mel Gibson to delete scene from film.
- News wire article from: United Press International February 5, 2004 700+ words
...International via COMTEX) Apparently bowing to public pressure, Mel Gibson has reportedly agreed to cut a controversial scene about Jews...terribly over the years." Jewish leaders warned the passage from Matthew 27:25 was the historic source of many of the charges of the...
Source: HighBeam Research, Mel Gibson's gospel.(Film)(The Passion of the Christ)(Movie Review)