THE BIG QUESTION d: Francesco Cabras and Alberto Molinari

The Big Question (2004)
Direction: Francesco Cabras, Alberto Molinari
Screenplay: Francesco Cabras
Cast: Greg, the Dog
Interviewees: Mel Gibson, Monica Bellucci, James Caviezel, Rosalinda Celentano, Maia Morgenstern

 
It is unfortunate that The Big Question, an intelligent and thought-provoking documentary about faith, was made before the December 2004 tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people around the Indian Ocean. Filmmakers Francesco Cabras and Alberto Molinari could then have asked one more pertinent question to their dozens of subjects on the set of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: if there is a God (or Goddess, or gods, or goddesses), how could such a horrific, unimaginably destructive tragedy take place? Answers would surely have been as thoughtful, stupid, funny, mean-spirited, wacky, and/or illuminating as those provided [...]

by Andre Soares | November 24, 2004   
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THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST Is an R-Rated DVD Hit

With the not inconsiderable help from churches and Christian groups across the United States, Mel Gibson’s controversial biblical film, The Passion of the Christ, sold 4.1 million DVD copies after only one day in stores, an impressive figure though hardly a record-breaking one.
Finding Nemo retains the overall record for one-day DVD sales, with approximately 8 million copies sold, while Spider-Man holds the one-day record for live-action movies, with 7 million.
But that hasn’t stopped Fox Home Entertainment from heralding The Passion as both the best-selling R-rated film and the best-selling non-English-language film of all time.
Starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ, The Passion is thus far the second highest-grossing film of 2004 at the U.S./Canada box office. With US$370 [...]

by Andre Soares | September 4, 2004   
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