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Post by neferetus on Jun 3, 2006 0:35:06 GMT -5
While I have not seen this fim yet, the premise sounds suspiciously close to another film from the 1990's called THE NAME OF THE ROSE, concerning murders in a monastery by a crazed monk who wants to keep a hidden and dangerous theological secret, a secret. The film stars Sean Connery, as a sort of 'Sherlock Holmes' monk who's called upon to solve the mysterious killings. The film also stars F. Murray Abraham. Has anyone seen it?
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Post by Greg C. on Jun 3, 2006 8:43:42 GMT -5
yes, i have seen the Dav inci Code. i had finished reading it and went and saw the movie the next day. the book was the best i have ever read and the movie was one of the best i have ever seen. i had always been interested in the holy grail and this was perfect for it. just yesterday i purchased the prequel to the dvc called angels and demons, after 60 pages it is a great book.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Jun 3, 2006 18:48:57 GMT -5
Kind of like "Indianna Jones" part 3 where he is looking for the Holy Grail.
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Post by neferetus on Jun 4, 2006 11:59:32 GMT -5
But did anyone see THE NAME OF THE ROSE?
REVIEW: The Name of the Rose was a critical flop in the US, and was also a box office flop in the US. It was, however, a smash hit in Europe, and most of the rest of the world, and garnered many awards in Europe. Why? It is a European sort of film. The pace is leisurely, the tone is dark, the locations perfect, and the story is complex, and is not spoon fed to the viewer.
Sean Connery stars as Brother William of Baskerville, a Franciscan who has come to a Benedictine monastery in Italy from a debate among Benedictines, Franciscans and Papal delegates as to whether the clergy should take vows of poverty or not. The Franciscans favor helping the poor, the rest believe in helping themselves. As the year is 1347 (75 years after the last[9th] Crusade), we are literally taken to the Dark Ages, and one of the darkest periods in Catholicism. The Inquisition is in full swing, and most books are kept in hiding by Monasteries because they conflict with Catholic doctrine. Connery, we later learn, has a history with the Grand Inquisitor, and is the Sherlock Holmes of the religious set, being both brilliant, and more enlightened than his peers. Connery's young charge has a sexual encounter with an attractive peasant girl, Valentina Vargas, who shows everything in very dark scenes.
When he arrives at the monastery (actually Kloster Erbach in Germany), there has been a mysterious death that is being attributed to the devil. He is called upon to solve the mystery. With him is a young protégé, who is the narrator of the story, and plays Watson to his Sherlock. The mystery story line alone would sustain this film, and has plenty of twists and turns, but there are also many intertwined themes, mostly about excesses of the church, including homosexuality, surreptitious sex with a local peasant girl in exchange for food, murder, heresy, burning at the stake, hoarding knowledge, and economic oppression of the common folk.
The film is very moody, and is darkly lit, which is appropriate to the dark ages, but makes for difficult capping. The film also stars Christian Slater. There was not a flat performance anywhere in this film, the costumes were appropriate, the location perfect, and the art direction top notch. The film didn't just explain the Dark Ages, it took us there.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Jun 10, 2006 13:33:08 GMT -5
I have heard if it but didn't see it
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Post by alamo al on Mar 2, 2008 11:19:24 GMT -5
Nef, I've seen that movie several times and loved it. In fact, there are direct references to Sherlock Holmes, which, after 20 years I've forgotten. I can see the connection you're making to "...Code" and there is some. However, the truth is that most people who support the premise of the book, are very poor students of history. The book was based on "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and a few others. It makes for a great mystery, but much is based on false history, and twisting of facts.
For instance, the Priory of Scion is not a 100 years old, but only dates back to 1956. The founder of the 'priory', Messr Plantard, was a convicted forger, and fabricated the history of the priory with a few friends that eventually confessed to that. Plantard traces the heads of the priory through many famous people such as DaVinci, J Cocteau, V. Hugo, etc. which they never were, but none of them are around to testify to that.
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 2, 2008 15:19:20 GMT -5
Nef, I got a chance to see "Name of the Rose". It's a very good movie and I enjoyed It so much I picked up a VHS copy at a yard sale.
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Post by seguin on Mar 8, 2008 21:21:47 GMT -5
I saw The Name Of The Rose a few years ago. It´s a great movie. Like a detective movie set in medieval times. The book of the same name, by Umberto Eco, was also a big hit in Europe...
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