It's currently possible to see the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre back to back with The Passion of Christ. I think I'm gonna do exactly that tomorrow.
I wasn't going to see Passion, but then I realised: it's a movie which depicts nothing but a man being tortured and killed over a two hour-plus running time. That puts it in the same extreme horror movie class as Last House On the Left or Maniac, both of which I went well out of my way to see, while this one's showing in theatres everywhere.
Also, a woman apparently died of a heart attack while watching it. If a horror movie scared someone to death I'd be trying my luck watching it within seconds. (Partly because the very people who are praising The Passion to high heavens would be up in arms and demanding it banned if it were a horror movie, so I'd want to see it while it was still there. But also because - hey man, it scared someone to death, let's see if it scares me to death too!)
You either understand this impulse or you don't.
Posted by pearce at February 28, 2004 8:39 PM
Freak.
I have a present for you, BTW.
Still haven't watched Maniac or Last House on the Left.
Posted by: billy at February 29, 2004 11:45 AMI'm waiting for comparisons with Last Temptation. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough. Anyway, seems funny to me that Last Temptation was treated as heretical (and/or outright atheist), while "heretical" is strangely one word I haven't seen associated with Passon of Christ (again, maybe not looking hard enough). ffff, so they're both Catholics, but it's kinda obvious which one went to a seminary school. Theology vs. Atavism. Oh well, I spose there's a long history of weird sado-masochistic depiction of the suffering of Christ (Gibson's got nothing on the Philippinos there), whereas theology as a discipline (a) is academic (b) tends to walk close to the edge with giving up on this belief shit altogether.
Posted by: andrew at March 2, 2004 5:44 PM