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Cultural barriers really exist, even in today's information-advanced world. For Eastern audiences, when it comes to Jesus' words, many people may only have Da Vinci's The Last Supper in their impression.

Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting The Last Supper let the world know how Jesus faced the inevitable death calmly before suffering. Jesus in the light held a wine glass and pancakes and talked to his believers; Judas in the dark had a look of panic on his face. He knew that his next hug would plunge the wise sage in front of him into a whirlpool of death...

This film shows the torture and torture of Jesus in the twelve hours before his crucifixion.

The film is an artistic reproduction of a plot in the Bible, but in fact Mel Gibson made it into an action movie. The punishment scene in the film is shocking. Jesus’ face was beaten to a bloody mess. After that, it is impossible to forget.

Mel Gibson endowed the film with a Caravaggio-style baroque style, highlighting a realistic photography effect with strong color contrast.

This makes the film look more violent and darker.

Nearly half of the content was shot at night or in closed rooms, in order to better reflect the violent conflict between light and dark.

The clothing tones of the characters are mainly brown, black and light brown. While matching the overall tone of the scene, this color can also better interpret the character's heart and personality.

Any religious-themed film is prone to controversy, let alone a film directed by Mel Gibson.

Back then, Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ can be said to have caused public outrage and lost money in the end.

In order not to repeat the same mistakes, after the embassy film company bought out the copyright of The Passion of the Christ, Ronan deliberately found the authoritative person in the religious circle to review the film, and made sure that it did not violate the teachings and was faithful to the Bible before putting it in the theater. .

Even so, it triggered a flood of protests.

After watching the film, for people like Ronan, the impression left by the film is bloody.

Mel Gibson said in the promotion: I just want to show cruelty as much as possible, beyond the limit of people's tolerance. Only in this way can the audience truly understand how much Jesus sacrificed in order to redeem mankind and open the door to eternal life for mankind.

The Passion of the Christ was officially released, and the already heated debate,

lead to more hot.

Whether it is the bloody cruelty shown on the screen of the film, or the racial and religious issues involved, it has sparked polarized debates.

Bloody, brutal.

This is almost everyone's first reaction after watching The Passion of the Christ. It is a direct experience from the senses, and the result can be obtained without rational analysis, so it is the most authentic.

After all, the film is more than 120 minutes long, of which about 100 minutes, Jesus is enduring the terrible punishment.

Critics of the film said it was gory, and that director Mel Gibson was maliciously provoking audiences just to overwhelm them.

However, neither the sensitivity of the film's subject matter nor the violence in the screen stopped movie fans from paying for tickets to enter the cinema.

The film market is always so interesting, the more controversial the film, the more audiences it attracts.

It has become a common phenomenon that good movies are not as good as arguably big ones.

Thanks to the popularity of the film before it was released, the number of theaters at the time of the filming increased to nearly 3,300, and many of the multiplex theater chains specifically sent letters to the embassy film industry, requesting three or four copies.

That is to say, prepare three to four theaters to show The Passion of the Christ.

The film's opening weekend was a blast, as the industry has long agreed.

All the controversies and enthusiasm can only be real and effective if they are transformed into box office, otherwise they are useless, and the debate can only remain in the debate.

After the first day of release in North America, the good news spread to Ronan's office. The Passion of the Christ earned $25.88 million in a single day in North America, easily surpassing the romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore The film 50 First Dates firmly stood at the first place in the box office list of the day.

And it also created the opening record and single-day box office record in the North American film market in February.

Because of the previous controversy and enthusiasm, the outside world had expected the box office of The Passion of the Christ, but they did not expect such a big hit.

Although the film has caused huge controversy, the number of supporters is not less than the protesters, or even more. Major church organizations in the United States have spoken publicly one after another, believing that the film basically conforms to the records of the Bible.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows who is standing behind the crowd or the media who really protested against this film.

They are indeed powerful, but in this place in North America, they cannot be the only one.

Because those who oppose them are equally powerful.

The reasons behind the controversy of the film are quite complicated, and some things cannot be explained clearly by applying the Bible.

Besides, no one can tell whether Mel Gibson has other thoughts besides the film.

Ronan told the embassy film industry to only do publicity and distribution, not to participate in the debate itself, and let the media and public opinion quarrel to their heart's content.

The number of media supporting and praising The Passion of the Christ is no less than that of criticizing it.

The Dallas News issued an article saying: Despite the film's controversy, the film is deeply and delicately shot, and it has great impact on audiences of religious beliefs and non-religious beliefs.

The Washington Post praised: The Passion of the Christ is an ambitious work focused on art, and it is the best film work in the world since 2004.

The famous film critic Roger Ebert also praised the film: There is no other film that is more heroic than the characters in The Passion of Christ. At any time, the story of the Passion of Jesus will be It's the most adventurous movie ever: God becomes human, and human kills God.

A certain heavyweight church figure was even directly interviewed by the media, praising Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ: The Passion of the Christ is very historical, and Christ did not condemn them for being betrayed by the Jews, because We believe that the sin of all human beings is the root cause of the suffering of Christ, and we are all responsible. The Passion of the Christ is a story about love.

This is a diverse society, and no one can deny the influence of certain groups, but it is also powerless to manipulate the whole society when there are equally huge forces standing on the opposite side.

Even the person in power in the White House briefly expressed his opinion to the media after watching the film: The Passion of the Christ is the greatest hero story, the greatest adventure story, and the greatest love story.”

In the social environment of North America as a whole, Mel Gibson will not suffer much, and there are even more people who support him than opponents.

But in Hollywood, things are somewhat different.

However, The Passion of the Christ is a box office hit, and even if some groups quietly blacklist Mel Gibson, Mel Gibson will not lack investors and collaborators.

Besides, whether it is Mel Gibson or The Passion of the Christ, they are far from touching certain bottom lines.

As for the Jewish forces in Hollywood blocking Mel Gibson, that's a joke.

Against the background of the box office success of The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson represents a huge stake.

At the same time as the North American box office was released on the first day, Walt Disney and Mel Gibson jointly issued a public statement, and the two parties formally reached a cooperation agreement. Disney will become the producer of the new project Apocalypse directed and produced by Mel Gibson. The expected investment is as high as 40 million to 50 million US dollars.

The Big Six in Hollywood are deeply influenced by Jewish forces, but The Passion of the Christ is a hit, and the cooperation between Disney and Mel Gibson is nothing at all.

Ronan was absolutely sure that buying the copyright of The Passion of the Christ was the right step. Even Mel Gibson himself had nothing to do with it for the time being, let alone Embassy Pictures, which was purely a distributor.

Having worked hard in Hollywood for so many years, Ronan was very sure of one thing, that for some particularly sensitive films, the distributors were far less affected than the producers.

For example, in the past and the current The Blair Witch, the real unlucky ones are the producers.

There is also Lionsgate Films, which once released Fahrenheit 9/11. Director Michael Moore encountered various difficulties later, and Lionsgate Films not only took advantage of the super-selling income of this documentary to develop rapidly, but was once known as the seventh film in Hollywood. big movie company.

Disney's cooperation with Mel Gibson on Apocalypse has not attracted any protests, just like many ordinary film project investment cooperation in the Hollywood circle.

Later, related news appeared. NBC TV announced that it will cooperate with Mel Gibson in a documentary called The Big Question, but Mel Gibson is not the director, but the actor in it.

With the success of The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson stole the limelight in Hollywood for a while, and he can be called the hottest star and director since 2004.

It is said that after seeing the popularity of The Passion of the Christ, the Oscar director team has urgently revised the lines of the host and the lines of the guests, trying to add some related content.

There is no pressure for Oscar to do this kind of thing.

The New Yorker even praised Mel Gibson: It is not uncommon in Hollywood to combine an actor and a director, but there are only a handful of people who have achieved success, and they are the most stable on the road of directing and acting. The non-Mel Gibson is none other than!

Thanks to the controversy and polarized reports of public opinion, The Passion of the Christ became more and more popular. On Saturday, the box office rose again, and it scored 34.2 million US dollars in a single day, breaking the single-day box office record of the North American film market in February.

The hot box office brings huge influence.

It is no exaggeration to say that as many people hate Mel Gibson today, more people support Mel Gibson.