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…and just as interesting as his brief thoughts on the film are his observations of the audience<\/a><\/p>\n

Screening rooms are dismal little affairs, comfortable enough but far from atmospheric, and in no way suited to anything remotely approaching religious contemplation. This one, not surprisingly, was full of people making calls on cell phones and conversing in notice-me voices. One fellow was earnestly explaining how Mel Gibson couldn\u2019t possibly be a good Christian, having previously expressed his longing to impale Frank Rich\u2019s intestines on a stick. “On a basic level,” he intoned, “it occurs to me that Jesus was a gentle guy.”<\/p>\n

The lights went down and the film started, accompanied at first by whispered conversation, though that faded out within a few minutes. I suspect that not a few people in the room were shocked into silence by the film\u2019s obvious high seriousness, not to mention the high quality of its craftsmanship. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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