Comments on: It’s a sign…

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:13:28 +0000

Hi, im from England, yesterday night I was watching a program on the BBC called “Hand Of God” which is a series. In this episode it dealt with people who have a faith in God, and are religious in the Entertainment industry. Well they had James Caviezel on, and he came across almost as if he was The Second Coming! saying things about how he is 33 and Christ was 33 when he was crucified, about how miracles kept happening on the set, it all left me feeling rather confused…I dont know if any of the other posters saw it just thought id say…bye

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:10:38 +0000

Willem Defoe played Jesus in The last Temptation of Christ as well.

By: mitch

mitch — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 03:46:08 +0000

I’m very suspicious of the circumstances surrounding this story. It’s just too perfect as P.R. They were standing on top of a hill, in a storm, with an umbrella. Now that’s show business!

By: Michael Wolfe

Michael Wolfe — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:24:39 +0000

I loved Thin Red Line. Caviezal’s Witt dies raising his rifle, not in a Jesus Christ pose. Though calling him a Christ-figure is otherwise apt; witness the aforementioned conversations with Penn’s character, and the time he spends early in the movie as a stretcher bearer/healer.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:31:04 +0000

“God’s clearly not a fan of the arts.” Oh, I think this shows he most definitely is.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:30:15 +0000

In 1969 Malick translated Heidegger’s The Essence of Reasons and according to this interesting piece on The Thin Red line he studied philosophy at Harvard University between 1961 and 1965. The Thin Red line is one of those films that divides opinion straight down the middle, you either love it or hate it.

By: jdsm

jdsm — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:29:42 +0000

Okay, I don’t remember the film well enough to be sure, I just remember not thinking that – but apparently I miss God and his progeny in all sorts of places. I do recall Willem Dafoe doing the crucifix arms thing in Platoon though. Was Oliver Stone thinking the same? Terence Mallick was trained at Berkeley and was a professor of Philosophy at MIT if I recall.

By: brayden

brayden — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:10:00 +0000

You’re not alone Maria. I thought the same thing when I watched Mallick’s movie. By the way, does anyone know if it’s true that Terence Mallick was trained in philosophy at Berkeley?

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:20:59 +0000

You’ve got me there – he was more Christ-like than messianic I suppose. The tip-off for me, aside from his character’s rather gnomic conversations with Sean Penn’s character, were his decision to die in the place of several others, and in doing so to stretch out his arms, crucifix-style. (or is my memory betraying me?)

By: jdsm

jdsm — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:38:40 +0000

God’s clearly not a fan of the arts. In what way was Jim Caviezel a messianic figure in “The Thin Red Line”?