The Vacation of the Christ
"The Passion of the Christ" opened last weekend in Croatia and set a new box office record in that country. The record was previously held by "The Return of the King," which is kind of the same movie, but with less scourging. One viewer said, "I went to see the film to get a better feel for Easter." Or you could just rent “Total Recall.”
Critics expect the movie to get a boost during Holy Week, as families take their children to see an uplifting film about Christ.
They’re eating the film with tahini in the Arab world. A fan in Jordan spoke for many when she said the flick "unmasked the Jews' lies and I hope that everybody, everywhere, turns against the Jews." Yasser Arafat compared the suffering of Jesus to that of the Palestinians, and Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Mehri of Kuwait says the movie "reveals crimes committed by Jews against Christ."
Ain’t religion grand?
Meanwhile, the little Italian town of Matera, where much of the film was shot, is bracing itself for a tourist onslaught. "Passion" tour packages have sparked interest among US visitors, while travelers from Germany, France and Norway are already climbing the hill which stood in for Golgotha. This isn’t the first time Matera served as Jerusalem’s body double; Pier Paolo Pasolini shot "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" there in 1964. The tour includes the hotel where Mel Gibson slept, the chapel where he attended Mass, and a trattoria serving "fettuccine alla Mel."
Wasn’t that a dish on “Alice”?
Critics expect the movie to get a boost during Holy Week, as families take their children to see an uplifting film about Christ.
They’re eating the film with tahini in the Arab world. A fan in Jordan spoke for many when she said the flick "unmasked the Jews' lies and I hope that everybody, everywhere, turns against the Jews." Yasser Arafat compared the suffering of Jesus to that of the Palestinians, and Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Mehri of Kuwait says the movie "reveals crimes committed by Jews against Christ."
Ain’t religion grand?
Meanwhile, the little Italian town of Matera, where much of the film was shot, is bracing itself for a tourist onslaught. "Passion" tour packages have sparked interest among US visitors, while travelers from Germany, France and Norway are already climbing the hill which stood in for Golgotha. This isn’t the first time Matera served as Jerusalem’s body double; Pier Paolo Pasolini shot "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" there in 1964. The tour includes the hotel where Mel Gibson slept, the chapel where he attended Mass, and a trattoria serving "fettuccine alla Mel."
Wasn’t that a dish on “Alice”?
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