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The Flawed Passion Film of Mel Gibson

Problematical Esthetic, a Problematic Christology

Lloyd Baugh, S.J.

From: Landas Vol. 18 No. 1 (2004)

  • January 1, 2004
  • pp. 149–169

Abstract

Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ brings a 106-year tradition of filmic Passion Plays full circle, like those early films and like the Catholic Stations of the Cross.

Keywords: Christology, Film, Mel Gibson, Passion Narratives, Passion of the Christ

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