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A Small Tidbit About PAUL VERHOEVEN's Background and Passion for making a Historical JESUS CHRIST movie

Hey folks, Harry here with a tidbit of knowledge that you might not have known about everyone's fave filmic Dutchman... Paul Verhoeven. Now it seems a lot of talk backers had a lot of... fun... with the concept of Verhoeven making this type of film, but... well... the man does have the background and passion for the story. Strangely enough, many filmmakers that work in the Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy realms actually have quite a bit of religious backgrounds. For example... Guillermo Del Toro often credits catholicism as being the birthplace of much of his love of horror... something about those tortured saits and emaciated visages of Jesus dying on a cross. A lot of people like to laugh at these filmmakers when they take steps to making serious films with serious subject matters, but personally... I'd welcome Verhoeven's vision... Here's John with the Verhoeven biography info...

Harry,

Just a small tidbit, and something not many people are aware of: Paul Verhoeven is a PhD. in New Testament Studies as well as being a director. He was even a member of the Jesus Seminar in the 1980's, which was an attempt to reconstruct (using any and all available sources, no preference given to the Four Canon Gospels) the historical Jesus. So, with his background and apparent passion for the topic, he could really make a great film.

John

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Cool Idea!
by Vulcan Bob
Jan 23rd, 2000
06:23:02 AM
Hey....Larry Flynt has a religious background too....doesn't he?
by mademan
Jan 23rd, 2000
06:26:20 AM
How about those surgically enhanced Apostles!
by Roann
Jan 23rd, 2000
06:35:57 AM
Jesus lived his Life in a cheap Hotel on the edge of Route 66.He
by VUZZ
Jan 23rd, 2000
07:03:09 AM
I don't care about his background.
by Nordling
Jan 23rd, 2000
07:44:26 AM
I love it!
by Mr Superbad
Jan 23rd, 2000
09:02:44 AM
Jesus Seminar
by not_a_jedi_yet
Jan 23rd, 2000
09:19:06 AM
The Jesus Project was Joke.
by Skaught
Jan 23rd, 2000
10:13:24 AM
ED WOOD had a background and passion for the subject...
by stitch
Jan 23rd, 2000
10:14:46 AM
THE JESUS SEMINARS
by SCOTT1458
Jan 23rd, 2000
10:44:20 AM
Of course the Jesus Seminars have nothing to do with religion...
by Mr Superbad
Jan 23rd, 2000
11:04:24 AM
Vehoeven's gospel
by Tortured Soul
Jan 23rd, 2000
12:41:04 PM
Bi-sexual
by Reinbo
Jan 23rd, 2000
12:42:03 PM
The Hollow Man
by The Cars
Jan 23rd, 2000
12:51:29 PM
SHOWGIRLS as Coming-Of-Age movie
by The Cars
Jan 23rd, 2000
01:01:41 PM
Historical Jesus
by HFWeb
Jan 23rd, 2000
01:50:18 PM
SEMINARS
by SCOTT1458
Jan 23rd, 2000
01:56:56 PM
Mere Christianity
by Prankster
Jan 23rd, 2000
02:26:46 PM
blahblah Jesus Seminar blahblah
by Mr Superbad
Jan 23rd, 2000
03:24:46 PM
The Robo-Jesus-Cop?
by Benke
Jan 23rd, 2000
03:26:02 PM
oh yeah...
by Mr Superbad
Jan 23rd, 2000
03:28:41 PM
Keep an open mind
by riskebiz
Jan 23rd, 2000
05:22:17 PM
Verhoeven...I love that man...
by The Sweeney
Jan 23rd, 2000
07:18:42 PM
The historical Jesus is NOT the Jesus of the "New Testament"
by quentin69
Jan 23rd, 2000
08:23:06 PM
Irony, schmirony!!!
by stitch
Jan 23rd, 2000
10:04:43 PM
intolerance
by norcal
Jan 24th, 2000
02:42:25 AM
Jesus Seminar? I thought that was a punk band
by Efihp
Jan 24th, 2000
03:04:23 AM
The Jesus Seminar=BAD SCHOLARSHIP, Hence=BAD MOVIE
by not_a_jedi_yet
Jan 24th, 2000
03:41:26 AM
I know about the Jesus Seminar
by SDG
Jan 24th, 2000
07:49:35 AM
Act of desparation?
by not_a_jedi_yet
Jan 24th, 2000
01:43:49 PM
Some background material on Verhoeven's Jesus
by Auda abu Tayi
Jan 24th, 2000
03:13:30 PM
Verhoeven proj is JESUS THE MAN, not JESUS CHRIST
by Duke Ray
Jan 25th, 2000
06:14:21 PM
Good old Verhoeven . . .
by Fred Garvin
Jan 26th, 2000
12:12:21 PM

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