Christopher Hitchens on Charlie Rose 25-Feb-04 (Part 3)

(Part 3 of 3) 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".

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZacntGQwBBs
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99fJTrOEBaY

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- BerkeleyGuy

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[chadmalik]

wow that csm guy sure underestimated the passion film's commercial potential!

[someguy1000]

Killer round table. Thanks for posting!

[aitch3]

@chadmalik due to the right wing Christian groups it was a major box office success.

[LordCustard]

I can't remember the film, but I have heard Mel Gibson claiming that it "collectively blames humanity for the death of Jesus Christ." Perhaps this is the reason for the focus on Jesus's torture. Basically, "Jesus is perfect, now look what you've done."

[lombard34]

I don't so much see the violence in the movie as the problem, the problem is what agenda did Gibson have in making it.

[lombard34]

The movie obviously did have a much greater audience than the last guest said. I also don't understand the notion that one would be a Christian, believe that Jesus suffered incredible tortures in order to save humanity, and yet someone would say that there's no point in trying to understand what that suffering was and what it entailed. If you believe Jesus was tortured and killed for you, then I don't see why you would dismiss what that torture and death meant, physically as well as spiritually