The Passion

longestnow - August 10, 2003 @ 3:26 am · Filed under indescribable

Here’s a movie that’s sure to attract a big audience.



[Mel Gibson] has spent nearly $30 million of his own money to produce, co-write and direct “The Passion,” starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene. Filmed entirely in the languages of Aramaic and Latin, it has yet to secure a distributor.


You know times are tough when even niche art films cost $30M to produce.

3 Comments

  1. yukino

    August 15, 2003 @ 3:19 am

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    Has there ever been another feature film produced completely in dead languages?

  2. sj

    August 15, 2003 @ 7:10 pm

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    I would guess there have been other entirely-Latin movies, but I’ve certainly never seen one.

  3. sj

    August 15, 2003 @ 7:10 pm

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    I wonder if there will be Latin subtitling for members of the Vatican…

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