Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00372)

Hi Pedro,

Nice to see you here, it's a small world! 

Any interpretation or critic will not eliminate the fact that the 
film was showing scenes of extreme violence. 

Erica Letzerich





> Erica,
> 
> It is a very controversial film and like every
> controversial film it admits many readings. Those
> viewers focusing on the portrayal of the Pharisees'
> leaders will automatically accuse the film of
> anti-Semitic.
> 
> Those focusing on the Roman soldiers in the
> exasperatingly long torture scene, will say that it is
> a sado-masochist, "snuff", film.
> 
> In the end, each one will probably respond to it
> subjectively. In spite of the sea of blood,
> inacuracies and poetic licence with the gospel story,
> what stood out for me in the film was this man
> immersing himself in a suffering beyond all
> comprehension and emerging out of it untainted by the
> least desire for revenge or hatred. 
> 
> Pedro
> 
> 
> 
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