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Passion of The Christ
Passion of the Christ, the Definitive version

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SHJIHM
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Passion of the Christ, the Definitive version

I just picked up the definitive version this weekend which includes the original version of the film, and the re-cut version of the film. It also includes commentary, Catholic theology, a making of the film, discussions, and 2 deleted scenes.

I was a bit disappointed that there were only 2 deleted scenes to view. One scene included the controversial Matthew line of His blood be on us and our children. This scene also included Pilate writing the sign that was to hang on the cross over Jesus' Head, and Ciaphus objecting and culminates with Pilate saying 'what I have written, I have written'

It is a great scene and in my opinion should have been left in the film or at best re-inserted for this definitive version.

The second deleted scene was of Jesus speaking to the woman about not weeping. It is a small scene and not as long as the version we have in Scripture. Not sure why this was cut though, as it is part of the stations of the cross, which is a theme Gibson incorporated into the film.

In the making of the film, there is a chapter on the sufferings of Jim Caviezal. We get to see the actual mistake one of the actors made when he missed the whipping post and actually struck Jim on the back. They used the scourge mark as a spring board for all the other marks. Really fascinating.

Other than the few extras there is nothing new to the film. I was really hoping for a directors cut that included the deleted scenes, and those that made the cutting room floor.

All in all, a good buy.

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Feb/12/2007, 9:48 am

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TomThumb
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Re: Passion of the Christ, the Definitive version

It's amazing how controversial a faithful representation of Christ's passion was. Reading Frank Rich, you'd have thought that Christianity should be abolished and that it was already out-of-bounds culturally.

Feb/12/2007, 3:00 pm

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