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Impressive Filmmaking - By Diana Saenger How many people have not heard about Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ by now? I'll wager only a few. For this highly anticipated film, Gibson served as both producer and director. He also collaborated with screenwriter Benedict Fitzgerald to write his version... MORE >>
Tempest in a Testament - By Donald Levit On Opening Day at 2,800 theaters, the final Ash Wednesday screening of The Passion of the Christ is sedate and not very full, a calm in the eye of the storm. Given months of media frenzy otherwise sacred to Super Sundays and March Madnesses, the political, social, ethnic and... MORE >>
The Torturous Path to Forgiveness - By Jeffrey Chen Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has arrived, and with it a deluge of interpretations and reactions, fed by fervent attitudes that can only come with the emotional sparks ignited by religion. A couple of things are for certain -- everyone who sees this movie... MORE >>
Strenuous Filmmaking, Strenuous Christianity - By John P. McCarthy Mel Gibson's visceral interpretation of Jesus of Nazareth's arrest and crucifixion is a good piece of filmmaking. Whether it's good theology ultimately depends on your religious beliefs, but the two judgments can't easily be separated. Without question the amount of graphic, artfully... MORE >>
