The Passion of the Christ: A Splatter Film Savior

Support my work: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/NathansArtProject Venmo: @Nathan-Wellman Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/AcolytesOfHorror Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nathanwellman.bsky.social Phoebe's Instagram: @Phoebe_is_Kuhl 00:00 - Intro 9:09 - Part One: Blood 30:45 - Part Two: Power 37:23 - Interlude: Interpretation 46:15 - Part Three: Good and Evil 58:56 - Part Four: Control 01:17:10 - Epilogue SOURCES The Christian Bible Mel Gibson; The Passion of the Christ Cecil B. DeMille; King of Kings Dallas Jenkins; The Chosen Franco Zefferilli; Jesus of Nazareth George Stevens; The Greatest Story Ever Told Paolo Pasolini; The Gospel According to St. Matthew AO Scott; Passion review; FILM REVIEW; Good and Evil Locked In Violent ShowdownThe New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com › 2004/02/25 › movies › film-... Acolytes of Horror; “How Midsummer Brainwashes You”; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr2j0o_B2mw BBC; “Edna Oatman” quote; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3488370.stm Benoit Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel; Man Bites Dog David Walsh; Passion review; https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2004/03/pass-m05.html Elvina M. Hall; Jesus Paid It All James Brownson; Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: A Theological Critique; https://reformedjournal.com/mel-gibsons-the-passion-of-the-christ-a-theological-critique/ James Dobson; Is America Imploding?; https://www.drjamesdobson.org/newsletters/april-2023-newsletter Jean-Luc Godard; Le Petite Soldat Jerry Falwell’s 9/11 comments; https://actupny.org/YELL/falwell.html Jonathan Rosenbaum; Passion review; https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2023/11/the-passion-of-the-christ/ Lee Strobel; Experiencing the Passion of Jesus: A Discussion Guide on History’s Most Important Event Nicholas Rathod; Founding Fathers Deism; https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-founding-fathers-religious-wisdom/ The Numbers; “Passion is highest American domestic box office for an r rated film of all time”; https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/domestic/all-movies/mpaa-ratings/r-(us) PJ Grisar; Absolutely every anti-Semitic thing Mel Gibson has ever said; https://forward.com/culture/449521/mel-gibson-anti-semitism-timeline-winona-ryder/ Peter J. Boyer; The Jesus War; https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/09/15/the-jesus-war Peter Jackson; Bad Taste Philip French; Passion review; https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/mar/28/melgibson.philipfrench Primetime w/ Diane Sawyer; assorted Mel Gibson interview clips; aired on ABC, February 16, 2004 Pursuit of Truth; “THE MOMENT They Realize They Killed The Son of God”; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLA3fN9Irc0 Roger Friedman; Mel Gibson: Holocaust a ‘Numbers Game’; https://www.foxnews.com/story/mel-gibson-holocaust-a-numbers-game Ruggero Deodato; Cannibal Holocaust “Splatter Film” Wiki definition; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatter_film Stephen J. Nichols; Jesus: Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to The Passion of the Christ Stephen King; The lengthy “Alicia” quote; https://ew.com/article/2007/02/01/stephen-king-passion-phenomenon/ Stephenson Humphries-Brooks; Cinematic Savior; Hollywood’s Making of the American Christ Todd Berzon; Historical Context for Luke/John by Unknown; https://www.college.columbia.edu/core/node/1754#:~:text=The%20four%20canonical%20gospels—Matthew,biographies%20of%20Jesus%20of%20Nazareth.