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Another controversial film directed by Mel Gibson, 7 words

Mel Gibson's stunning work "The Passion of the Christ"

2004-02-03 20:23:22 NetEase Entertainment Henry

Writer/Director : Mel Gibson

Starring: James Caviezel - Jesus

Monica Bellucci - Magdalene

< p> Maia Morgenstern - Maria

Luca Lionello - Judas

Type: Drama

Rating: R (Violent scenes)

Distributor: Newmarket Film Group

Release date: February 25, 2004

Official website: ThePassionoftheChrist.com

[Plot: The Passion of Christ reappears on the screen]

The last 12 hours before the Passion of Jesus Christ.

Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting "The Last Supper" lets the world know how Jesus calmly faced this inevitable death before his crucifixion. Jesus, who is in the light, is holding a wine glass and pancakes, talking to his followers; while Judas, who is hiding in the dark, has a look of panic. He knows that his next hug will make the wise sage in front of him The person falls into the vortex of death...

These are all depicted in oil paintings. In February 2004, a film depicting the crucifixion of Jesus will be put on the screen.

The story takes place after the Last Supper. Jesus resisted the temptation of the devil and was then brought by Roman soldiers to the Jewish Pharisees in Jerusalem. His words were regarded as arrogant and crazy words, and the high priest and the congregation sentenced Jesus to death. Then, Jesus was brought before the consul Pilate. Pilate realized that his trial would inevitably bring about political conflicts, so he decided to obey King Herod's will. Herod asked the people to choose between Jesus and the criminal Barabbas. The result was that Barabbas was acquitted and Jesus would be punished. Jesus was thus delivered into the hands of Roman soldiers and suffered a severe beating. However, the blind people still believed that Jesus' punishment was not enough. Only then did Pilate realize that he had to push Jesus to the execution ground.

Jesus staggered down the streets of Jerusalem carrying the cross. The road ahead led to Gorgotha, the place of crucifixion. In the place of crucifixion, Jesus was crucified. On the cross, Jesus endured the final test of being abandoned by God. After experiencing fear, Jesus looked at the Virgin Mary and shouted the last words of his life: "My mission on the cross is completed. Father! I give my soul into your hands!"

In an instant, the sky and the earth turned pale...

[Behind the scenes: Passionate crew]

The filming of "The Passion of the Christ" began on November 4, 2002, and lasted 10 weeks in 2003 It was closed in January this year with an investment of US$25 million. The film was all shot in Italy, with the main locations chosen in the southern Italian city of Mottola and in the Jerusalem area built by Seenhita Studio. Scenes in the latter include the Inquisition where Jesus was tried, Pilate's palace and the execution ground where Jesus was scourged and beaten.

Director Mel Gibson asked cinematographer Carrebo Deschar to give the film a Caravaggio-esque Baroque style, using strong color contrast to highlight a realistic photography effect. This makes the film look more violent and darker, and every shot seems so incredible. 40% of the film was shot at night or in a closed room. The purpose of this is to better reflect the fierce conflict between light and darkness. The colors of the costumes in the film are mainly brown, black and light brown. While matching the overall tone of the scene, this color can also better interpret the character's heart and personality.

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The reason why the name of the film was changed from the original "Passion" to the current "The Passion of the Christ" is because Miramac The company will launch another movie called "Passion" at the same time, which is adapted from Janet Winterson's novel and is set during the Napoleonic Wars. It is rumored that Gwyneth Paltrow and Juliette Bee Nosh will join the film.

In 1988, the great director Martin Scorsese released "The Last Temptation of Christ". The film caused huge controversy after its release because of its bold touching on Catholic doctrine, like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves. Tom Borlock, a senior official at Universal, said: "We received millions of letters from viewers, and 25,000 people demonstrated in front of Universal. We even received some threatening letters." The final box office of the film was Revenue was only $8.4 million. With this lesson learned, "The Passion of the Christ" with a similar theme encountered considerable difficulties when it was released. No big company was willing to take the risk and take over this hot potato.

In the end, it was taken over by New Market Pictures, which has released films such as "The King Never Dies", "Death Illusion", "Memento", and "Whale Rider". As Borlock said, Gibson's film should attract Christians to watch, not repel them. Gibson himself also hopes to achieve this effect, "For Christians, the feeling should be a heart-wrenching feeling of being unable to control themselves after watching a close relative of their own flesh and blood being tortured for 2 hours."

Judging from the name, this film should be an artistic reproduction of a plot in the Bible, but in fact Mel Gibson made it into an action movie. The torture scene in the film is shocking. Jesus' face was beaten to a bloody pulp. After watching it, you will never forget the suffering of Jesus. Gibson hopes that all the details in the film will restore that period of history in people's minds as truly as possible. The dubbing in the film uses two long-lost languages: Aramaic and Latin. Mel Gibson didn't even want to Adding subtitles to a film that almost no one can understand is an unrealistic idea.

[Comment: Crazy? Or tell the truth? ]

In 1965, the Holy See officially pardoned the "crimes" of the Jews at the Second Vatican Council. From then on, they no longer had to bear the heavy charge of "killing Jesus", which made all Jews They all let go of the big stone that was weighing on their hearts. However, when Mel Gibson began to write and direct "The Passion of the Christ", the shadow once again struck the hearts of Jews living in the United States. The sensitive religious issues involved in the film were the source of the contradictions. Gibson's description of the film only aggravated the Jewish worries and disturbed any Jew's normal thinking: "The uneasiness caused by "The Passion of the Christ" is a natural situation, but this was by no means the reason why I made the film. That's what I meant. I'm just telling a fact...Anyone who is guilty should see the crime they committed." "The Passion of the Christ" does not have a dominant Hollywood star in the lead. The dialogue is also in the languages ??used by the characters in the film's era: Aramaic of the Jews and Latin of the Romans. Although it will be accompanied by English subtitles, this approach is simply unreasonable for Hollywood. So people began to feel fear. The root of the fear was not the fear of the "facts" in Gibson's mouth, but the fact that Gibson had funded a traditional Catholic church that was independent of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The so-called "traditional Catholic" refers to the church from The church split off to resist the movement of the Second Vatican Council, and their purpose was to "remove the Jews who killed Jesus."

Due to various pressures, Mel Gibson had to re-edit the film to give the Jewish characters in the film more sympathetic factors, and invited an evangelical Christian from Colorado Springs, Pennsylvania religious leaders and Washington celebrities rather than the most vocal ordinary citizens to watch the unfinished pornographic film. So we still don't have the right answer as to whether this film was a deliberate act of insanity on Mel Gibson's part, or whether it was driven by an impulse to confront the descendants of sinners with the truth.

Because whether the Jews will be held responsible for the death of Jesus is too far away from us who are influenced by Chinese culture...