How was the preoccupation with sin illustrated in the film?
The “devil” was a kind of androgynous creature, but most people read it as a woman, and called her “The Temptress” — she was whispering to Jesus on the night before his Passion, saying “Nobody. Nobody can take on the sin of the whole human race. It’s too great. Nobody can. You can’t do it.” And Jesus does! He paints his face blue, puts on his kilt, and he goes for it! And when the devil isn’t shown as an androgynous or female figure, the devil is shown as a taunting child, which really freaked me out. Really horrible. Damien in “The Omen II.” Exactly. The parts that are kind of overlooked are Jesus saying, “Love your enemies”; “Those who live by the sword will die by the sword” — those lines are in there, but… Kind of glossed over in favor of the heavy blood and guts? Yeah. So, Mel was reverting back to Book of Jeremiah, burn-in-a-lake-of-fire, angry God of Abraham stuff? Oh, yeah. If you believe in monotheism, there is only one God. There’s not an Old Testament God and a New Testa
