Reply #8: Yes. Did you notice how nobody tried to market Pasolini's...

[arendt]

Gospel of St. Matthew?/Mark? when Gibson's splatter-fest was big?

I mean, marketers are always looking for tie-ins. Did you see anyone
even mention what critics say is arguably the best movie ever made
about Jesus? Well, no. Because they would have to say it was made
by an Italian Communist. Because they would have to say it showed
Jesus as a long-haired, Jewish-looking, hippie rebel.

This was definitely a movie that made you think about difficult
spiritual ideas. I better buy a copy before it is banned as subversive.

arendt