06-20-2008, 12:19 AM
By Cernig
The Vatican has banned moviemakers working on "Angels and Demons" from filming in the Holy See or any church in Rome - and they didn't even read the script first.
Father Marco Fibbi, a spokesman, said: "Usually we read the script but in this case it wasn't necessary. Just the name Dan Brown was enough. "
He added that most films are given permission, as long as they respect the "traditions of the Church". Father Fibbi said: "Angels and Demons peddles a type of fantasy that damages our common religious beliefs, just like The Da Vinci Code did."
The Catholic Church is still angry over The Da Vinci Code, which suggested that Jesus may have been secretly married to Mary Magdalene. When the movie came out, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, said: "Boycotting this film is the least we can do. The book and the film are a pot pourri of nonsense, a phantasmagorical cocktail of inventions."
The scenes in Rome churches will now be shot in mock-ups on a soundstage. At which point filming will be interupted by Bobby Jindal and four others looking to exorcise Dan Brown and Tom Hanks while yelling something about no-one expecting them...
http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2008/06/...ns-fi.html
The Vatican has banned moviemakers working on "Angels and Demons" from filming in the Holy See or any church in Rome - and they didn't even read the script first.
Father Marco Fibbi, a spokesman, said: "Usually we read the script but in this case it wasn't necessary. Just the name Dan Brown was enough. "
He added that most films are given permission, as long as they respect the "traditions of the Church". Father Fibbi said: "Angels and Demons peddles a type of fantasy that damages our common religious beliefs, just like The Da Vinci Code did."
The Catholic Church is still angry over The Da Vinci Code, which suggested that Jesus may have been secretly married to Mary Magdalene. When the movie came out, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, said: "Boycotting this film is the least we can do. The book and the film are a pot pourri of nonsense, a phantasmagorical cocktail of inventions."
The scenes in Rome churches will now be shot in mock-ups on a soundstage. At which point filming will be interupted by Bobby Jindal and four others looking to exorcise Dan Brown and Tom Hanks while yelling something about no-one expecting them...
http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2008/06/...ns-fi.html
