Mary Page #4

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


if you come to the premier on Friday

and cover it, live.

Wow. I'd love to do that.

You know, if it were up to me

I'd do it in a heart beat.

Come on. You've got the ratings,

that gives you the power.

I want people to see what's happening

to the First Amendment.

I want people to see

that in New York f***ing city,

people are imposing censorship

on my right to freedom of speech.

I want the f***ing world

to see this.

It's a great idea.

I'm gonna have to talk to the

Network, but it's a great idea.

There's always somebody.

Everybody can be

as independent like you.

If you only knew...

What about Marie? Do you think

we could get Marie on the show?

-Marie?

-Yes.

Marie is busy.

We wanted to take

a short cut to avoid traffic.

It just... it just happened, alright?

Does... does...?

I need some aspirin,

does anyone have any aspirin?

You know, it's... it's...

You know, it's fine, it's fine, ok?

It's fine. This is... You know,

you can't blame these kids anyway

for reacting like that.

Everybody's fighting over bullshit.

I just wish they would just leave me

the f*** out of it. You know what,

why don't I just go on

the air right now, you know,

blood and all and just talk about

this bullshit, 'cos this is bullshit.

-We can't do that. It's not the news.

-Yeah we can.

-Just put some make-up on it.

-You know what? Don't.

Don't fix it. It's fine, it's fine,

I don't need it to be fixed.

Thank you, Dina. Thanks.

But, the question is, can we live

completely and holdly

as a spiritual being

inside of society?

I'd like to ask you,

how do you accomplish... that?

Yeah, yeah.

It's interesting that in the

tradition monastic,

for example tradition of Camaldoli,

there is

strong experience of solitude,

but at the same time there is the

opening to mission,

so to meet other people,

to be able to welcome people.

Seekers,

seekers of God,

or of a meaning of life,

and to be able to be in touch

to welcome, no, with joy...

The person who visits you

is God incarnate,

because God is inside of everyone,

and you have to treat them as if

-that experience is with God.

-But in Jesus

he reveals as

an extraordinary incarnate,

vulnerable,

passionate

and liberating people,

-so that is very important, not this

-The Figure of Christ.

full immersion

and contamination,

I would say, you know?

Contamination that is to say

not God as pure,

separated authentic

by the human condition but

in touch with. You know?

And the experience to Jesus is

to be open to the outcasts,

to the marginalized people,

to the sinners, no? The persons

considered far from God.

And Craving said,

"I did not see you descend,

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