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Post by Greg C. on Mar 19, 2008 13:52:40 GMT -5
The time approaches us yet again! Tomorrow is Holy Thursday but mass is not a Holy day of obligation. Good Friday Mass I attend every yeam at 3:00 and it is always very solemn. Then comes Easter Sunday mass when the mood is more happy. Anyone else have there easter traditions? Anyone going anywhere for spring break?
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Post by neferetus on Mar 19, 2008 16:47:28 GMT -5
Easter's coming too soon this year. Heck, some people probably still have some left over corned beef from St. Patrick's Day to finish.
Normally, I would be doing the Easter ham and having some friends and family over, but this year...? Maybe I'll crock pot a pork roast for the entire week.
Meanwhile, I have to be getting out some (late) Easter cards to those who sent me one.
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Post by seguin on Mar 20, 2008 1:10:24 GMT -5
Easter ham? Are´nt you supposed to eat lamb at Easter?
Anyway, I´m not doing anything out of the ordinary. I hope they´ll show some good movies on TV during Easter. I know they´re gonna show an Italian TV series about Jesus. I´ve seen it before. It was quite good actually...
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 20, 2008 5:58:50 GMT -5
Usually on Easter Saturday, the History Channel shows the entire miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" which I always look forward to watching.
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 21, 2008 12:10:00 GMT -5
Well today is the most solemn day in the Christian Calendar so I'll be heading for Church in a couple of hours.
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Post by neferetus on Mar 21, 2008 17:28:35 GMT -5
Easter ham? Are´nt you supposed to eat lamb at Easter? Either or. Some people think that the tradition of the Easter ham was originally meant to poke fun at Jews who were celebrating the Passover at around the same time. I myself would like to think that it is because a honey and mustard glazed ham just tastes so darn good. |
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Post by neferetus on Mar 21, 2008 17:31:08 GMT -5
I know they´re gonna show an Italian TV series about Jesus. I´ve seen it before. It was quite good actually... I think I know the one you're talking about. It was done very simplistically with few costumes, or props and yet it stuck closer to the Biblical story than most Hollywood versions bother to do. |
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 21, 2008 17:33:27 GMT -5
I'm very upset. "Jesus of Nazareth" will not be airing on the History Channel this year.  |
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Post by seguin on Mar 21, 2008 20:42:25 GMT -5
I know they´re gonna show an Italian TV series about Jesus. I´ve seen it before. It was quite good actually... I think I know the one you're talking about. It was done very simplistically with few costumes, or props and yet it stuck closer to the Biblical story than most Hollywood versions bother to do. I think the director (or was it the actor?) was called Zefirelli. I´ll tell you about it when it has aired. Today they´re showing The Passion Of The Christ by Mel Gibson and The Last Temptation Of Christ by Martin Scorsese. I´ve seen the Scorsese film before. I liked it, although many christians did not. I forget why they did´nt like it. |
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 21, 2008 21:17:45 GMT -5
I think I know the one you're talking about. It was done very simplistically with few costumes, or props and yet it stuck closer to the Biblical story than most Hollywood versions bother to do. I think the director (or was it the actor?) was called Zefirelli. I´ll tell you about it when it has aired. Today they´re showing The Passion Of The Christ by Mel Gibson and The Last Temptation Of Christ by Martin Scorsese. I´ve seen the Scorsese film before. I liked it, although many christians did not. I forget why they did´nt like it. Seguin, I believe the movie you're thinking of is the same miniseries I mentioned. "Jesus of Nazareth" directed by Franco Zeffrelli. Is that the one? |
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 21, 2008 21:18:38 GMT -5
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Post by seguin on Mar 21, 2008 22:03:33 GMT -5
You´re right, Greg! This is the TV series I was talking about! It´s on TV here some time during Easter. That´s the TV/film version I like the best! Great Actor but I forget his name. I recognized his pic on IMDB. Was it an English actor by the name of Powell? Too bad IMDB has´nt got any info on the TV series, except for the poster.
Is this the same one you´re thinking of, Nef?
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Post by neferetus on Mar 22, 2008 21:45:06 GMT -5
NO, that's not it. While I like JESUS OF NAZARETH, the one I'm referring to was filmed in black and white and all of the actors were Italian. Jesus didn't actually even look like Jesus, but had short, curly hair and about a weeks growth of beard. While the sets seem to have been actual old Roman ruins, costuming was spartan.
Oh, I just found it online. Here's the synopsis/review:
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MATTHEW (1964)
While the Hollywood Jesus epics were floundering at the box office, another film found a growing audience in art house cinemas. Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel According to St Matthew was a black and white Italian film which used non-professional actors to portray the ordinary people of Jesus' time.
Today, Pasolini's film about Jesus is the one most respected among film critics. Its stark, hand-held cinematography, its passionate, driven Jesus, and its dreamy, meditative feel all combine to make a film that is rewarding on multiple viewings.
Pasolini uses the camera in interesting ways, such as placing it among the crowds listening to Jesus as if it is straining to see him, or following behind him as if it is struggling to keep up. The soundtrack blends a range of music from Bach to Billie Holiday, and Mozart to Missa Luba, yet there's also a certain quietness about this film.
As the title suggests, almost all the words used in the film are found in Matthew's Gospel, although the screenplay rearranges various scenes and adds a few words from Isaiah. Pasolini was a Marxist, so perhaps unsurprisingly his Jesus is a social revolutionary, hurrying around Galilee's peasant villages preaching about a political Kingdom of God which was for all the people, rather than just the privileged few.
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Post by seguin on Mar 23, 2008 0:28:08 GMT -5
Ah, Pasolini! He was quite famous. Too bad he was killed. I have´nt seen this Jesus film but I would like to. Hopefully it´ll pop up on TV one day.
Although I´m not a Marxist, I do think Jesus and his message was revolutionary and he definitely stood up for the poor and underpriveledged.
It sounds like an interesting film using hand-held camera´s, not to speak of the soundtrack...
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 23, 2008 8:07:27 GMT -5
Happy Easter Everyone!
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Post by neferetus on Mar 23, 2008 19:27:32 GMT -5
No Easter ham for me, but I did crockpot a nice pork roast, laced with two kinds of chilis and garlic.
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 23, 2008 19:41:58 GMT -5
I went to noon mass today and the place was packed. But you could tell who goes to church and who doesn't. Half the people didn't know when to stand or when to kneel and there was this girl in front of me, who was my age and all during mass she was coloring! That's right, COLORING! She had a little booklet and markers and did that for the whole mass and when she was done she took out her cell phone and took pictures of it. I think that was disgraceful and disrespectful. It's better to not go to church at all then to go and do that.
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Post by neferetus on Mar 23, 2008 20:01:40 GMT -5
Last night, I was taking an early evening walk around the neighborhood, just as the sun was sinking beyond the horizon. I've never seen so many Easter decorations in my life. Inflatable bunnies and chicks, pastel colored Easter lights, an Easter tree (while it was pine tree shaped, it was bare branched and painted white) was all decked out with Easter egg ornaments, while yet another house has a projection of an Easter bunny on it's front wall. Outside of department stores, have you ever seen such a thing in your life?
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Post by Greg C. on Mar 23, 2008 20:36:54 GMT -5
Another holiday ruined due to commercialization...
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Post by neferetus on Mar 23, 2008 22:00:18 GMT -5
Another holiday ruined due to commercialization...  Somebody else once said that. |
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