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It’s round two for Dan Brown and the Roman Catholic Church.
And this time, the church won.
Vatican has banned filming of the controversial movie
“Angels and Demons,” the sequel of the “Da Vinci Code,” in Rome churches.
Considering Brown’s works anti-catholic blasphemies, the
Catholic church forbade Tom Hanks and producer-director Ron Howard to shoot
film scenes in two historic cathedrals in Italy’s capital city: Santa Mariadel
Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria.
Msgr. Marco Fibbi, spokesman for the diocese of Rome, told
New York Daily News that they usually read the script, but this time they knew
what decision they should take, when hearing the name “Dan Brown.”
Archbishop Velasio De Paolis also expressed his disapproval
of the new film, telling The Times of London that he thought “it would be
unacceptable to transform churches into film sets so that his blasphemous
novels can be made into mendacious films.”
So, after filming at some of the city’s most famous and
beautiful sights, such as Piazza Navona and Piazza del Popolo, Howard will be
able to shoot only the exteriors of the two churches, along with some other of
the 700 worship places that are owned by the Italian Interior Ministry and run
by Italy's Church.
The Catholic Church sometimes allows filmmakers to shoot
inside historic churches, but only if the films or documentaries prove to be
supportive of the Vatican doctrine.
In “Angels and Demons,” Tom Hanks reprises his role as the
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who gets involved in another complicated
and thrilling story involving the cult of the Illuminati, a papal conclave,
code-cracking and a weapon threatening to destroy the Vatican. The film also
stars Ewan McGregor.
“The Da Vinci Code” upset many Catholics because it pictured
a different image of Jesus than Catholics are used to. Brown’s book suggested
that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children, creating a royal blood line
that was kept secret by church officials.
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