The Passion

Mel Gibson is set to direct a movie called The Passion which will tell the story of the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus Christ (obviously the pre-resurrection life). This is supposed to be a project very close to his heart as sources indicate he is a very devout Catholic. The only catch here is that he wants to have all the dialogue in Aramaic and Latin, and he does not want to use subtitles.

This article contains a few good quotes from Gibson about the project:

For me that's more real and hopefully I'll be able to transcend language barriers with filmic storytelling," Gibson said.

"It's very visual and it's about something that has ... affected civilisation in every possible way you can imagine," the 46-year-old actor, a devout Catholic, added.

"No-one wants to touch something in two dead languages. They think I'm insane, maybe I am," joked Gibson.

My guess is that the only way he can really do this is if he approaches it as if making a silent film. Whether it works or not, and whether he ends up subtitling it (as industry watchers predict), I'm going to want to see it.

Posted by John Hawbaker at September 25, 2002 03:15 PM | TrackBack