Must be the French - Go figure.
A French independent cinema group, MK2, explains that they will not be running Mel Gibson's "Movie of The Passion" because it is "fascist propaganda."
Netscape News is running the report from the Hollywood Reporter on this latest bit of news:
"I refused to program the film in my network of theaters," MK2 president Marin Karmitz said in a written statement forwarded to The Hollywood Reporter. "I have always fought against fascism, notably through my exhibition activity. For me, 'Passion' is a film of fascist propaganda."
Hmm... Now let me think... fascism... Quick Definition:
- often Fascism
- A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
- A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
- Oppressive, dictatorial control.
Uh.. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say maybe he hasn't seen the movie.
Of course he also claims that the movie is revisionist history. So I really think he's just plain crazy.
(Hat Tip to Drudge)
