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Pastimes : Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (385)4/29/2004 5:45:26 AM
From: redfish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 425
 
I think Gibson intended the scouring as symbolism. Early in the movie Satan tells Jesus "No man can bear such a burden."

So Gibson has to visually portray Jesus carrying such an immense burden that is far too heavy for anyone else to have carried. He does it through Jesus' physical agony, which as you say would have killed anyone well before they could crucify him.



To: average joe who wrote (385)4/29/2004 9:04:01 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 425
 
Maybe Mel Gibson has bought into the perverse notion of redemption through violence. Cormac McCarthy explores that in his book Blood Meridian. Harold Bloom has extolled the virtues of the book, calling it a Shakespearean masterpiece. Strange that a man as refined as Bloom considers it the greatest work of any contemporary author.


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