Posted on 12/27/2002 10:08:15 AM PST by NYer
They're shooting the movie in Southern Italy, a warm yet moderate climate. They've found a town that looks exactly like Jerusalem at the time of the Christ. The location is virtually the only place in the world where the movie could be shot, it had nothing to do with "saving bucks." Several other biblical epics have been filmed here in the past. This is not Siberia.
Caviezel knew what he was getting into when he took on the project, and he was willing to do what it took. If this movie is even a tenth as great as it sounds like, Caviezel will get his reward both here on Earth for the success of the movie and in heaven for the souls that he will be bringing to Christ.
Here is a website put up by the town where they are filming which can give you more information about the production and the location:
Matera - The Passion
Amen!! Many years ago, the major movie studios would often invest heavily in biblical productions. These were scheduled to be released around Easter. I believe there is now a new audience, thirsty for films of this genre. May God bless the work of Mel Gibson and Jim Caviezel who have approached this film with heartfelt love and sincere devotion. Perhaps, like My Friend's Greek Wedding, this film will attrack a following .... and send a message to Hollywood.
Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich was an Augustian nun who lived in Germany. She lived between 1774 to 1824. During her life, God gave her extensive visions of the past, the present and the future. Many theologians believe that she received from God more visions than any other saint. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ are the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich concerning the Last Supper, the Agony in the Garden, the Arrest, the Scourging , the Crucifixion and the Ressurection of Jesus Christ. They are highly detailed and highly descriptive revealing to us more information about the Life of Jesus Christ besides what we read of Him in the Bible.
DOLOROUS PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Definitely bookmark material.
I'm happy and have had a great life thus far....
My experience with Hollyweird is that it is 99% full of human misfits, most of whom are completely self absorbed and in need of psychiatric assitance.
Some of these entertainers, with only high school educations, fancy themselves as great strategic thinkers and want to administer our national defense policy... among other things.
Perhaps Mr. Gibson will prove me wrong this time...I hope so.
Definitely bookmark material.
Anne Catherine Emmerich bump! Great reference. But it's a bit much to try to read on-line. And it would be a lot cheaper and better to buy the book than to try to print all the pages. Here's a link to TAN books which publishes Anne Catherine Emmerich's works. TAN is a wonderful Catholic publishing house which has a phenomenal selection of classic works by the great saints at very reasonable prices.
This list has 2 individual books plus a 4-book set by Anne Catherine Emmerich, plus a biography and a compilation that includes her visions.
If Caviezel is as devout as the article suggests, he probably would not have had it any other way.
Just as an aside: The Mass offered at Mr. Gibson's private chapel is the Tridentine, in Latin.
The film, which will shoot in Italy until February, is clearly a labour of love, as well, for Gibson, describes himself as an old-fashioned Catholic (the former Road Warrior will only attend Mass if it's said in Latin).
Yes, this is very exciting. I had not heard anything on the project for a while and this post is wonderful news!
Thank you.
"When it hits the cross, several feet up in the air, it's just bone-chilling. Crazy. The cross starts to sway and you think, it's going to break. All you do is shake -- and pray -- all day."In my freshman year at college, I landed the part of Jesus in a midieval miracle play. The director had a 50-lb, 10-foot wooden cross built for me that fit into a base and was bolted into position. It was equipped with a footrest and a particularly uncomfortable "seat," and I was lashed to the cross at my shoulders.
On opening night, the executioners got carried away while raising the cross with me on it. I usually had my eyes closed, but I felt something wrong. I opened my eyes to find that the executioners had failed to stop the cross upright, and found myself rushing face first toward the stage, lashed to the cross. Fortunately, the base into which the cross fit kept the foot of the cross raised, so I escaped what would have been a massive injury because my body was suspended between the head of the cross -- which hit the stage -- and the raised foot of the cross.
When the cross hit the stage, there was dead silence in the audience and the actors on stage were frozen in place. Finally, one of the executioners came over to me, saw that I was dazed but otherwise okay, then brought down the house by shouting, "Quick! We have to get him up before the Sabbath!"
I feel this guy's pain.
Isn't he wonderful? I saw him interviewed on EWTN and thoroughly enjoyed a breath of fresh air from Hollyweird. Audio of the EWTN interview
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