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Last updated on: June 26, 2003 at 11:40 pm by Barbara Nicolosi

2003-06-26T23:40:00-06:00 Barbara Nicolosi

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I said I would answer questions about my comments on the screening. I will not enter into the frenzied trap of trying to convince people that the Gospel is not anti-Semitic. Nor will I address the specific list of depictions that someone has decided would render the film anti-Semitic. It wouldn’t prove anything.

The film is not anti-Semitic. It is beautiful. Think how insane it is to be condemning something without any experience of it. It is absurd and frivolous. No one will even remember this discussion once the film is released. And I only enter into conversations that have the possibility of being thoroughly memorable… But if some of you want to look really foolish, keep on keeping on with the sniping in the darkness.

From the Comments….

Did you discuss problems with getting a distribution company with them? Do you know the status?

No, we didn’t discuss this. I don’t know the status.

… you mentioned subtitles. Was he ever serious about not having them?

I don’t know if Mel was ever serious about not having any sub-titles. If he was, he has moved beyond that now. The version I saw actually had too many sub-titles. We don’t need distracting translations flashing on tthe screen when the Roman soldiers are saying obvious things like, “Hey, you, move!” Mel, noted that they were going to eliminate some of the sub-titles in future edits.

And, what was Jim Caviezel like as Jesus compared to, say, Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth (the standard for actors, I’d imagine)?

It’s hard to answer this. This movie is completely other. I would say that Powell was great in Jesus of Nazareth, and Jim is great in The Passion. It’s not really about performance. He embodies the role in a way that makes discussions of performance feel inappropriate.

does the film end with the Resurrection?

I’m going to say wait and see. It is really the only possible suspense left to the filmmaker isn’t it? Because we all know what happens on Good Friday. I think it would be ungrateful of me to put this out there. Someone will probably leak it in the next nine months. It won’t be me.

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