Mary Page #2

Synopsis: Three characters linked by the mythical Maria Maddalena - Mary Magdalene... Tony Childress, an infamous, egotistical and obsessive actor/director is playing the lead role of Jesus in his controversial new film THIS IS MY BLOOD. When the shoot wraps, Marie Palesi, his lead actress, is left alone in Jerusalem, drained, empty. 'Selfless'. Into the void within her is poured the spirit of Mary Magdalene, and Marie embarks on a profound journey towards enlightenment. Meanwhile, in New York City, tv journalist Ted Younger begins his own quest for spiritual truth through his documentary about the life of Christ. When the premiere of Tony's film becomes the target of bomb threats by the vengeful religious Right, the lives and paths of these three characters come dramatically together.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Abel Ferrara
Production: IFC First Take
  4 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
NOT RATED
Year:
2005
83 min
135 Views


Well,

why would people wanna

come and see a horror movie,

why would people wanna come and

see a horror movie and be terrified?

Why would they want go and see

"The Exorcist" and... and...

and live with those kind of horrible,

frightening images

that they kind of stay

in your mind for weeks,

months and years? That movie

messed up a lot of people's lives.

And I started thinking that...

that maybe that's why people

go to see the movies

because they wanna be...

They want to be terrified

about something horrific,

something horrible because

it's an opportunity to believe

that there's something else.

That there... that there's

some promise of...

of... of a life after this life.

That there...

there's some promise, that...

that... that when we're dead

that if there's something

that's evil, some kind of

monsters,

then there must be something good.

So, I hope you enjoy

this religious experience.

But why did you play Jesus?

Why did I play Jesus?

Because I'm a good actor and

I couldn't find anyone else

better than me to play the part.

Watch the movie and

have... have a good time.

Alright. Roll the movie.

How are we to go

among the unbelievers?

To announce the

Gospel of the Kingdom

of the Son of Man.

They didn't spare His life,

eh, Peter?

Why they should spare ours?

Do not remain in sorrow and doubt.

For His grace will guide you

and comfort you.

Instead let us praise His greatness

for He has prepared us for this.

He is calling upon us

to become fully human.

Sister.

We all know that

the Teacher loved you

differently from other women.

Tell us whatever

you remember about words

that He told you,

that we did not hear.

I will now speak to you about

which you haven't heard.

I had a vision of the Teacher

and I said to Him,

"Lord, I see you now in this vision"

and then He said to me,

"You are blessed,

for the sight of Me

does not disturb you.

There where is the noose

lies the treasure."

And then I said to Him,

"Lord, when someone meets You

in a moment of vision,

is it through the soul

that they see You or is it

through the spirit?"

And He said to me,

"It is neither through the soul

nor the spirit,

but the noose

which sees the vision"

Tell me,

what do you think

about these things?

As for me, I do not believe

that the Teacher, our Teacher

speak like this.

He wouldn't have speak like this.

-That's what I think.

-How is it possible

that the Teacher talk

in this manner,

with a woman about secrets

that we do not know?

Must we change our customs

and listen to this woman?

Did he really choose her

and prefer her to us?

My brother Peter,

what can you be thinking?

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