Screenwriter 'disturbed' by Passion bloodfest

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By Laith Abou-Ragheb

London - The Hollywood screenwriter behind the last controversial film about Christ says Mel Gibson's new film on the crucifixion is violent and disturbing.

"It's a well made movie but it's very violent and infused with a great sense of self-flagellation," Paul Schrader, screenwriter for The Last Temptation Of Christ, said.

Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ to be released with an adults-only certificate in Britain on Friday, has been heavily criticised for its bloody portrayal of Christ's final hours.


'They are two totally different movies'
A 56-year-old woman died of a heart attack in Wichita, Kansas last month while watching the film's climactic crucifixion scene.

Some Jewish groups even branded the film anti-Semitic, arguing that it revives old accusations that Jews bear collective responsibility for killing the Son of God.


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1. Nothing to worry about

it has been replaced by "Dawn of the Dead"

I wonder how many people who saw the Passion movie saw the Dawn movie

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2. *snort* - bloodfest

So said the writer of "Taxi Driver"