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Church Honors Gibson ‘Inspiration’

Ruth E. Gruber October 7, 2004

Mel Gibson\’s \”muse\” is on the path to sainthood. Pope John Paul II this week beatified Anna Katharina Emmerick, a 19th-century German nun whose mystic visions inspired Gibson\’s gory depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus in \”The Passion of the Christ.\”

Spectacle and Sadism

Charles Paul Freund March 4, 2004

Mel Gibson\’s film is controversial in part because of its unrelenting depiction of the violence visited on Jesus.

Actress Defends Gibson’s Jesus Film

Naomi Pfefferman October 2, 2003

Critics have denounced the hyperrealistic drama as a modern version of the medieval passion play, blaming Jews for the death of Jesus. But actress Maia Morgenstern, doesn\’t view the film as anti-Semitic.

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Church Honors Gibson ‘Inspiration’

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