Movies
'Passion' named most controversial film
Published Monday, Jun 12 2006, 11:31 BST | By Matthew Houghton
The Passion of the Christ has been named the most controversial film ever made, by the US magazine Entertainment Weekly.
The biblical epic, co-written and directed by Hollywood heavyweight Mel Gibson, depicts the last twelve hours of Jesus Christ's life and. according to the magazine. sparked a "culture-war firestorm unrivalled in Hollywood history".
The film caused upset worldwide not only due to its extremely violent content, but because many thought it anti-Semitic.
The list also contained films such such as Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Oliver Stone's film Natural Born Killers.
The biblical epic, co-written and directed by Hollywood heavyweight Mel Gibson, depicts the last twelve hours of Jesus Christ's life and. according to the magazine. sparked a "culture-war firestorm unrivalled in Hollywood history".
The film caused upset worldwide not only due to its extremely violent content, but because many thought it anti-Semitic.
The list also contained films such such as Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Oliver Stone's film Natural Born Killers.
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