[extropy-chat][ OFF TOPIC: Passion Tour

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Some business also on this side of the globe!

The town (the town of "sassi", rocks, stones)
http://www.sassiweb.it/matera/
The "Passion" (movie)
http://www.sassiweb.it/thepassion/
The "Passion" (tour)
http://www.sassiweb.it/tourplan/

Nobody now remembers that in 1964 Pier Paolo Pasolini 
directed his unbelievable "The Gospel According to St. 
Matthew", in the same town of Matera. 

This (black & white, intense) "Passion" was completely 
different. Palestine, Christ and his contemporaries 
were portrayed as they probably truly were in their 
simplicity and roughness. There was no beautiful Jesus, 
no "Raffaellesca" Madonna, no shining Roman soldiers, 
no lush landscapes, no stunning special effects. 
The actors are mostly common people and the scenery was 
from that poor regions of Basilicata, Calabria and - also - 
the magic island of Stromboli.