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A conversation with author Christopher Hitchens of "Vanity Fair", Jon Meacham of "Newsweek", David Denby of "The New Yorker" and David Sterritt, film critic of "The Christian Science Monitor", about Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ".
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meabandit 10/06/2011 03:10 PM Report
A great panel of commentators who had insightful views into the subject and the knowledge to back it up.
Carmen 02/22/2010 10:11 PM Report
Why did you invite only hateful comentators?
He made the cold blood assassination of Jesus very vivid for me and my heart reach out to him and God, making me and many people I know better people because of it.
He did a wonderful job; the actors did a wonderful job. I loved it. I only wish he would have done the whole gospels but, only because it was that good.
I cried like a baby, and all the people in the theater had boxes of tissue were being passed around. And that can only be done by a very good movie, I’ve never seen such a unity in a theater, I loved it.. I came out of there with my eyes red and swollen, and we all came out amazed at the art and feelings his talented work made us all feel.
I hate the way all these ridiculous people sit here criticizing his wonderful work. The sound like complete jealous and hateful and ignorant boys.
And again why did you only invite hateful critics?
genius 02/05/2010 01:22 PM Report
Well, It appears that Denby,Meacham,Sterritt and Hitchens missed interpreted the success of the "Passion of the Christ".
As you may have heard, the film grossed $310 Million. Which is the best-selling rated R film of All time. Perhaps Hitchen's took heed and realized, "Believe it or not", that God is a big seller. After the receipts were in and the film succeeded beyond a sliver niche, God was in vogue...
Hitchen's book "god (note lower case g)is not Great" seemed to help Hitchen's generate a #1 best seller. If Hitchen's follows in C.S. Lewis' footsteps and puts God in upper case on a future book, perhaps he too can cash-in on the greatest story ever told.
trevorfairweather 12/16/2008 05:42 PM Report
South Park's "Passion of the Jew" makes a whole lot more sense after watching this discussion.
PS Mike Logan comes back one year later to retort a two sentance comment with a snappy and uncomfortable reference to the holocaust. Bizzare no?
Mike Logan 08/17/2008 10:25 PM Report
The Panel for the final solution also was very fair and balanced "r".
r 10/30/2007 11:02 AM Report
This panel was real fair and balanced. Thanks for the diversity of opinions Charlie.
Mike Logan 05/19/2007 08:14 PM Report
What greater proof is needed of the new york based power cabal than this interview.
"A Conversation about "The Passion of the Christ"
Really?
"Herr Gibsons fundementalist views" would have been far more apperpo
This was the episode when I lost total respect for Mr. Rose the free minded individualist thinker whom I had so admired for teh past few years.
Because of this epsidoes illumniation that you are infact a mere servent who dares not try to understand somone different but rather villfy them.
You along with David Letterman broke my heart during this period of abject darkness in the very essence that is america, the exchange of free ideas.
To claim to be the more tolerant and udnerstanding of our society and yet to stand there and so strickly condemn a man for his principles and ideals.
One would hope this critism lands on interested ears as oppsed to being shrugged off as another hatemongerers inapperication of the truth.
Trevor Self 05/19/2007 09:28 AM Report
Mr. Brown,
Re: the religion of the guests: Mr. Hitchens is an atheist. Mrs Meacham & Steritt are Christians. I don't know about Mr. Denby. Also, I don't know that they missed the mark on its acceptance. They seemed to have begrudgingly resigned themselves to the notion that an ignorant and insufficiently skeptical public would embrace Mr. Gibson's cinematic "embroidery" (to be kind) as a documentary. Consider the characteristics of the likely audience and I think the film's popularity is utterly unsurprising, least of all to the these guests.
Naim S. Mahlab 05/13/2007 08:20 PM Report
Subsequent events have shown that Gibson is anti Semitic. As mentioned in the discussion, the Gospels are not history. One point has always puzzled me. Jesus is always shown carrying the cross to the place of execution. Where did that cross come from ?. Did Pilate keep a supply of crosses in his palace basement ?.
The practice had to be that the condemned person was taken to the place of execution where the cross was put together.
The Church has been trying to make amends for the atrocities sparked by the story of the Gospels, but fanatics like Gibson appear to be determined to sabotage this effort.
Steve Brown 05/04/2007 08:12 PM Report
Hitchens, Meacham, Denby and Sterritt certainly missed the mark on the public acceptance of Gibson's film.
Many of the opinions appeared to be from a Non-Christian leaning, and perhaps this accounts for their views. My comments, written years after the film's debut, come from watching Passion of the Chirst become a blockbuster hit with many viewers expressing an emotional and spiritual attachment to Gibson's work.
It is also important to note that Gibson was arrested for DUI. In the midst of the arrest, Gibson made several defamatory remarks toward Jews. One could derive from this incident that comments made in the Rose interview about Gibson's feelings, and his father's feelings, toward the Jews is correct.