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Posted by jannie (My Page) on Fri, May 26, 06 at 21:17
| Hey, I just saw THe DaVinci Code last night. I am one of the 1% of Americans who didn't read the book first. AS I watched the plot unfold, I had a feeling of deja vu. I've seen this before. I thought about it and it just came to me, there was a film about ten-fifteen years ago called The Last Temptation of Christ. In it, Jesus(played by Willem Dafoe) tells his good friend Judas (Harvey Keitel) that Judas must betray him, in order to help him with his mission. He's nailed to the cross, hangs a while, then gets down and rushes to his girlfriend Mary Magdalene (Played by Barbara Hershey). They get married, have a kid or two, etc. Does anyone else remember this movie? It was directed by Martin Scorcese. I don't remember too much publicity when it was first released, I saw it on cable TV later on. |
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| Welcome. The title of this thread made me expect you'd be talking about film scoring... I believe most folks definitely remember that film. The part you mentioned never happens except in Jesus' mind though. You don't remember any controversey over "Last Temptation" back in '88? It was huuuuge! Cover of every news magazine. People were picketing all over the country over it. My older sister worked at a theatre that was showing it and she was seriously worried about getting hurt by fanatics. BTW, I'm in that same 1% and therefore I'd appreciate it if you'd make it a practice to put prominent SPOILER warnings in your posts if you're going to reveal any secrets about plot. That said, assuming "Da Vinci Code" is saying it, the idea that Christ has a line of decendents is an old theory used countless times as fictional fodder. Kevin Smith's "Dogma" is just one other somewhat recent movie example. There were also a few classic video games "Gabriel Knight 3" and "Broken Sword" rooted in the pseudohistorical book "Holy Blood, Holy Frail" which Dan Brown was sued for ripping off. |
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| Wow, Spamlet - you're the first person I've come across who has mentioned Gabriel Knight in connection with the Da Vinci Code. 'GK3/Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned' was my first encounter with the whole Rennes-le-Chateau saga, and led me to read the Leigh/Baigent/Lincoln book (it's rare for a computer game to have literary consequences!). I can't be bothered with the Dan Brown version. There's enough fiction in the original! I remember the huge outcry over Scorsese's 'Last Temptation of Christ'. It probably did the film a favour; there's nothing like a good controversy to make people flock to a cinema. I seem to recall that the film was a bit turgid actually... |
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| Sorry about not showing "Spoilers Ahead" but I was discussing a film from 1988. OOps, I feel another one coming on. In Psycho, Norman the hotel clerk, was the killer. |
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| Your snarky condescension is misplaced. It's not the fact that the spoiler was from a 1988 film, it's the fact that by telling us "Da Vinci" is so similar to what you revealed, you, by association, spoil that current film too. Besides, tons of people end up seeing films for the first time decades after they're made. It's the enduring quality of the artform that you continue to reach new generations. For instance, my little sister is pissed off to this day that a teacher she had way back in high school ruined one of the greatest endings in film history: the meaning of 'Rosebud' in "Citizen Kane". I'd hate to have never been able to fully go on that journey of self-discovery the first time I viewed the masterwork that forever changed the way I looked at film. BTW, actually "Psycho" argues that Norman Bates, the hotel clerk, isn't the killer. I won't spoil who it is for anyone who's never seen the film. Yes Ana, Jensen sure made a few brilliantly sophisticated adventure games, didn't she? Hope she (and KQ's genius creator Roberta Williams for that matter) makes an unexpected Al Lowe style comeback soon. |
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