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Tired of twist endings?

This week, Dan Buck (Relevant) investigates the current trend of movies that wallop audiences "with a plot twist or story revelation right at the end of the film that forces you to completely redefine everything you've just seen."

He concludes that the popularity of twist endings has something to do with the age of the filmmakers. Listing several examples, he says, "Every one of these films was made by someone 30-40 years of age. These are Gen-X'ers making films. While every film has its own objectives, I think it is fair to say that the movement on the whole is focusing on our own perceptions of reality. They are all pointing to the idea that we create our own truth."

Mel Gibson releases first look at The Passion

Reviews and speculation continue to proliferate on the Internet regarding Mel Gibson's new film about Jesus' Passion. But eager moviegoers can now download the first trailer for the film, which is set over the menacing tones of Peter Gabriel's soundtrack for Rabbit-Proof Fence. You can access the trailer at the following links:

QuickTime:
http://www.movie-list.net/ThePassion.mov
http://www.themoviebox.net/trailers/thepassion/thepassion_lo.mov

RealMedia:
http://www.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/ramhurl?f=hollywoodjesus/Passion.rm

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July (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47