At 11:41 AM 7/6/95 +0930, Anton Karl Kozlovic wrote: >On the issue of race and representation one can hardly ignore the >Biblical/religious film where quite clearly many of the real life >characters are Jewish and Roman/Italian, yet Hollywood etc. persists in >portraying these peoples/races/ethnic identities as almost anything else >other than Jewish, Roman/Italian etc. For example the Swedish, >Germanic-looking Max von Sydow as Jesus in George Steven's _The Greatest >Story Ever Told_ (1965), versus the American Jeffery Hunter as Jesus in >Nicholas Ray's _King of Kings_ (1961), versus the Italian Enrique Irazogui >as Jesus in Pier Paolo Pasolini's _The Gospel According to (St.) Matthew_ >(1964). Anton, just an observation. Enrique Irazoqui (Pasolini's Jesus) was (is?) spaniard and he spoke italian with "a bit" of spanish accent. Regards. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]