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Yönetmen
Simcha Jacobovici
Yapım : 2007
Ülke :  Amerika
Tür : Documentary
IMDB Puan : 6.0/10 
IMDB ID: tt0974593 |
Oyuncular
François Bovon, Himself
Mark Caven, Narrator (UK)
Andrey Feuerverger, Himself
Dr. Shimon Gibson, Himself
Charles Pellegrino, Himself
James D. Tabor, Himself
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| Bilgi :During excavation for an apartment building in Jerusalem in 1980, the entrance to an ancient tomb was uncovered. The tomb came to be known as "The Tomb of the Ten Ossuaries," owing to the ten limestone bone-boxes found inside. Archaeologists found Aramaic inscriptions on one box that pointed toward Jesus, son of Joseph. Surprisingly, the discovery was dismissed as coincidence and failed to shake up the worlds of theologians, historians, and Bible scholars, or at least not on the order of the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Gnostic Gospels. Jesus and Joseph were not uncommon names during Biblical times, and the ossuaries wound up being shelved in a Jerusalem warehouse. Enter director Jacobovici, and a team of researchers who delve into this mystery headlong. Along the way they also discuss the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene, the fate of Jesus' siblings and the discovery of the remains of Caiaphas, the high priest who tried Jesus and sentenced him to crucifixion. The ten ossuaries were inscribed with the names of all of Jesus' family members and Mariamene (the biblical name of Mary Magdalene). A statistician is brought in to parse the probability of the remains actually belonging to Jesus (and the odds otherwise are long indeed). Other events leading up to the crucifixion are retold in the form of dramatizations. The conclusions work towards challenging Christian dogma, but some of Jacobovici's forays into conjecture and speculation might not hold up under careful scrutiny.
As interesting as this subject matter might be, the whole project is pretty well scuttled by its geriatric pace and stupefying commentary. An adjoining tomb is discovered and a camera is lowered into a vent pipe (installed to let souls escape), but a wad of plastic and trash blocks the pipe. A plumber is called in to Roto-Rooter the pipe, and the camera is successfully lowered; even this scene has zero suspense or tension. Special features include an epilogue and interviews with other experts (moderated by Ted Koppel), none of which does much to explicate things. A common problem with modern-day Christians is their ignorance (willful or not) of the earliest days of the Christian faith, and how there were many sects competing with each other for power and influence. In the end, Jesus and his disciples were the ones that stayed around. The story is a pretty interesting one, and there is plenty of other historical evidence that points towards some of this documentary's conclusions. It's too bad that it's presented in this overlong, soporific form that's a challenge for even the most devoted viewer to slog through. |
