Focus: A Film Review (1950-1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Focus: A Film Review
Date:
1950-1951
Publisher:
London, Catholic Film Society
Volume:
Focus: A Film Review (1950-1951)
Leaf #:
000720
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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250 The Westminster Passion Film For several years the Passion Play presented at Westminster Cathedral Hall, by the Archdiocesan Youth Organisation has been an important part of the Lenten devotions of many London' Catholics. The play has always been offered anonymously with the object of stimulating devotion to the Sacred Passion of Our Lord. The plav has now been made into a film. Again the anonymity which sheltered the play veils the film and we only know that the Companions of the Cross offer Behold the Man as an attempt to stir up, by means of the screen, a devotional co-operation with the mind of Christ during the dolorous steps of His Passion It is the special merit of this film that it does, precisely, induce in the beholder a sense of intimate participation in the Way of the Cross. This it achieves partly by the selfeffacing sincerity of the players and partly by the happy decision to play the whole thing in mime. There are no lip movements to distract one’s attention from the message being offered. The commentary, composed of a harmony of the four Gospel accounts