Commentary to "The Passion of the Christ"?

I can't seem to find it. Thank you.

Maverick Dude

"Maverick Dude" <> wrote in message
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> I can't seem to find it. Thank you.

It's hidden as an easter egg.

In order to hear it, you must get on your knees, close your eyes, and
hold your hands together pointed upwards.

Joshua Zyber

(Maverick Dude) wrote:

>I can't seem to find it. Thank you.

What makes you think it has a commentary.
I checked on a DVD info site and there are no features for region 2 of
this DVD.
You could try pressing the audio button on your DVD player remote
control and if it does have an commentary for your region then you
should hear it.

Regards Brian

Brian

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Who said it has commentary? My understanding is that the DVD has *no* extra
features.

Nonymous

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Is the commentary in Aramaic too? If so, does it have sub-titles?
Or simultaneous translation?

Adrian

Adrian S. Kuiper

In yesterday`s Toronto Sun critic Bruce Kirland took the film to task
for (among other reasons) not having provided commentary:
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Toront...pf-608687.html
Mon, August 30, 2004

The passion of Kirkland
SUN MOVIE CRITIC LAMBASTES MEL GIBSON FOR A MUCH-LACKING DVD
By BRUCE KIRKLAND, TORONTO SUN

THE PHRASE "preaching to the converted" has never carried more weight or
had more impact in Hollywood than with Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The
Christ. Devout Christians, especially those who maintain that Jesus
Christ's suffering and crucifixion has to be seen to be believed, have
helped turn the relentlessly violent film into an act of faith and
perhaps even redemption. Not to mention one of the year's box-office
blockbusters.

At the other extreme, devout Jews, especially because of the
manipulative way that Gibson's sheltered his work from Jewish leaders
and theologians before its release, have legitimately struggled with the
film's anti-Semitic tone.

There are passages which do trade on Jewish stereotypes; there is an
emphasis on Jewish brutality, which nearly matches the barbarism of the
Romans on screen. With rare exceptions, everyone who does not worship
Jesus is depicted as a villain or at least part of a hysterical mob
inspired by the Devil, who shows up repeatedly among them.

Skeptics, meanwhile, have been all over the map on the film, hailing it
as bravura filmmaking, which it is at times, or dismissing it as a
slasher flick or glossy horror movie, which it also is (the opening
scenes, with clouds skidding across the moon and shrouded figures bathed
in blue light, make it look more like a werewolf movie film than a
serious drama).

So the wide-ranging controversy has not abated and tomorrow's release of
the film on DVD will not change anything.

That is because Gibson has opted out, or copped out (and I think
foolishly), by presenting The Passion Of The Christ without any support
materials, without any explanations, without any platform for
intelligent discussion and debate.

In other words, whether you buy the handsome widescreen edition or the
adulterated fullscreen edition, you get the 126-minute film and
absolutely nothing else.

No trailer. No Easter Eggs (sorry!). No feature-length commentary. No
making-of insights. No group sessions bringing together people of
different faiths to talk about the film's content. No nothing. A
glorious opportunity for enlightenment has been wasted.

Even Gibson's now famous interview-inquisition with U.S. journalist
Diane Sawyer is on a separate DVD, ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion.
It was released in March. Gibson's fans are still in a rage over
Sawyer's critical approach to Gibson's faith-based act of filmmaking, so
they likely would not want it re-packaged here with the film itself.

But it is astounding that Gibson is so gutless in the aftermath of his
Passion when he showed such courage in making the film itself. Love it
or hate it, you have to concede that he did it all without compromise,
filming the final 12 hours of Christ's life (along with brief
flashbacks) in the Latin and Aramaic languages with a minimum of English
subtitles. And he did it with his own money. It was a huge risk. Only
with hindsight can we call him a financial genius for getting so
fabulously wealthy off the film's staggering success.

Not that Gibson et al are being shy about marketing the DVD. There were
even Church Pack's, a special 50-unit collection of the film in one
glossy package, available as pre-orders in the U.S. until July 31.
Retailers expect to sell more than 2 million of the single-disc DVDs in
the next few weeks. This will add tens of millions in revenues to the
$370 million (US) the film earned in American and Canadian theatres.

So what is the problem now? Is Gibson so insular or insecure or arrogant
or whatever he is that he won't talk about his work, his vision, his
brand of extreme Catholicism?

Even The Passion Of The Jew, the gonzo new Comedy Central DVD from the
South Park crazies, contains more "serious" discussion of Gibson's life,
faith and filmmaking than we've heard lately from Gibson himself. That
DVD, which includes two bonus episodes, Christian Rock Hard and Red Hot
Catholic Love, pushes the envelope in an episode in which Kyle sees The
Passion Of The Christ and finally accepts Cartman's anti-Semitic ravings
as the gospel.

While absolutely hilarious, provocative and real -- and really
troubling, too -- this is extreme satire, of course. It will no doubt be
unpalatable for most of Gibsons' true believers. But, in the absence of
any fresh insights from Mel Gibson, it is the only on-screen debate
available now.
Adrian S. Kuiper wrote:

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>>"Maverick Dude" <> wrote in message
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>>>I can't seem to find it. Thank you.
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>>Who said it has commentary? My understanding is that the DVD has *no*
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> extra
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>>features.
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> Is the commentary in Aramaic too? If so, does it have sub-titles?
> Or simultaneous translation?
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> Adrian
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Robert Gray

"Nonymous" wrote:
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> "Maverick Dude" <> wrote in message
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> > I can't seem to find it. Thank you.
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> Who said it has commentary? My understanding is that the DVD has *no*
extra
> features.

The R1 release has an alternate English language track ("for the visually
impaired") that appears to be someone reading the shooting script over the
soundtrack of the film. It's not a commentary track, but it's a lot more
involved then close captioning.

T.B.

TB

Robert Gray wrote:
> In yesterday`s Toronto Sun critic Bruce Kirland took the film to task
> for (among other reasons) not having provided commentary:
> http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Toront...pf-608687.html

Wow, what a really insightful interview and completely fair....uh huh....

Plenty of DVDs are released without a commentary. Who knows why Gibson
didn't do it. Perhaps he felt the way about his film that P.T. Anderson
felt about Magnolia: the film speaks for itself and doesn't need a
commentary. Yeah, it would be nice if he included some extras including
a commentary, but so what!?

At least Kirkland was original in the fact of pointing out the
"anti-Semitism" in the film.... [insert a picture of me rolling my eyes]

M.B.

Robert Gray <> wrote in newss1Zc.9865$7i2.533318
@news20.bellglobal.com:

> In yesterday`s Toronto Sun critic Bruce Kirland took the film to task
> for (among other reasons) not having provided commentary:

I think the lack of a commentary clearly indicates there's a SE in the
works in order to get a 2nd round of cashola.

And if anyone seriously expected a commentary from Gibson in which he
defends himself, his father or his movie, you're pretty naive. I'm sure he
figures he put up with enough of that during promo for the movie.

Shinner

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Shinner wrote:

> Robert Gray <> wrote in newss1Zc.9865$7i2.533318
> @news20.bellglobal.com:
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> > In yesterday`s Toronto Sun critic Bruce Kirland took the film to task
> > for (among other reasons) not having provided commentary:
>
> I think the lack of a commentary clearly indicates there's a SE in the
> works in order to get a 2nd round of cashola.

Obviously, since we have yet to see the deleted scene of Jesus fighting
the giant octopus, or where Judas flips over on his back and walks around
like a spider.

swac
Plus that jeezly funny blooper reel.

Stephen Cooke