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To: antiquites who wrote (16346)	2/19/2004 9:26:47 PM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 28931

Nikos Kazantzakis not just as an author , but as a man was a beauty .... his book and the film were both masterpieces . He was one of the finer christians of the twentieth century imo. His book was written when he himself was suffering in the hospital from a tortuous nerve condition in his face , dictated to his beautiful wife at bedside for months and it was written with passion and truth and the most sublime reverence for Jesus as he percieved him. When the Christian community reacted as it did , it verified much for me personally, as to what real truth is about many things . one quote from LTOC: A prophet is the one who, when everyone else despairs hopes. And when everyone else hopes, he despairs. You'll ask me why. It's because he has mastered the Great Secret: that the Wheel turns. - Nikos Kazantzakis (The Last Temptation, p.499)

To: antiquites who wrote (16346)	2/19/2004 9:45:18 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

well my opinion of Mel Gibson's work of late has rapidly been leaning to the decline and pushing my "reject" mode mostly these days ....one too many "Cop Movies" with Danny Glover , and now Jesus of Nazereth. <g> I liked him somewhat in Conspiracy Theory with Julia and Patrick Stewart (with the stilted "Ahab" british accent ) , and of course he was perfect in Braveheart, which was true in some many ways to the feel of the period and the brutality of history and the mindset. I'll probably see this movie someday , in about 5yrs from now. The whole controversy and its adherents to me have become boring and mute, the dogmatic iconoclasm of fundamentalist Christians , Moslems and Jews alike. ...I think they should all go out and rent --->"American Beauty" instead ! Of the pitfall of the modern day Rome , and of salvation ... hehe Or rent the movie "Ghandi" ..a true Christ for modern times.