Stigmata

Hello my friends of hive and all this great platform I hope you are super good, a pleasure again here sharing with you all this world of cinema, here by cinemania. Today I want to talk about a movie that is not my favorite genre but this in particular I consider it a jewel of mystery and horror films so to speak, although I do not consider it as terrior, but if mystery, I mean "Stigmata".

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Stigmata

Stigmata is a movie from 1999, a mystery movie, very much in the style of the Exorcist, although I consider it much better than this one. A film full of mystery, possessions, messages, and investigation. A father and an atheist girl are the main characters of this story.

Plot: The film tells the story of an atheist girl Frankie Paige who works in a hairdresser and leads a cheerful and disorderly life, the mother of this girl gives her a rosary which was stolen from a father who has died "Paulo Almeida" the latter was a Jesuit which was a stigma as it had the marks of jesucritst before his crucifixion. This girl of an ordinary day suddenly began to have the marks that Jesus Christ had, what the church calls "Stigmas", because of this event with the girl, this reaches the ears of the catholic church in the Vatican and sent to Father Andrew Kiernan which is a scientist who is responsible for investigating which are the false miracles, or which are true and which are not. In the investigation the girl begins to have all the stigmata that Christ had, besides that she also has several possessions, with which she leaves several messages written in the Aramaic language, which no longer exists in the world. The father is certain that the girl is possessed by the spirit of father "Almeida" and the messages that he has left written on the walls through the girl are part of a new gospel, which is alluded to as the gospel of St. Thomas.

Starring: Patricia Arquette is the main protagonist, who plays the role of Frankie Paige, actor Gabriel Byrne is the father "Andrew Kiernan". These are the two main protagonists of this film. The truth is that the other actors go under the table, since the plot is centered on the roles of these two actors.

Release date: The film was released on September 3, 1999, had a cost of 10 million dollars and collected 70 million dollars, so it was a success at the box office, with the have has become a cult movie having many fans of mystery films.

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scenes from the movie

Director: The director of the film is "Rupert Wainwrigh" who is also a screenwriter, before making stigmata, he worked on films like "The Sadness of Sex", Stigmata was his second film as a director, he also worked for tv directing series.

Producer: The production of the film was in charge of "Barry Navidi" who is a renowned film producer, working on films of the renowned actor "Steven Seagal". His contribution to the film made Stigmata a hit mystery film today.

Screenwriter: The screenplay for the movie was done by "Tom Lazarus" who is a writer and screenwriter for movies such as "The Ninth Gate" he has also written series such as "Star Trek: The Next Generation". The script for the movie is very well done focusing on the two main characters and their plots.

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Poster Movie

Soundtrack: The music of the movie is composed by "Brian Eno" and partially by "Mark Wallis", his music gets us into the plot and makes the mystery and suspense overwhelm us. Brian is a musician of electronic music, among his best known is the soundtrack of the movie "28 Days Later".

Visual effects: The film's effects were done by "Richard L. Edlund" and "David Packer". Richard is a renowned special effects designer and David is a make-up and visual effects designer. Their work can be seen in the movie "The Lost World: Jurassic Park".

Curious facts: One of the curious data of the tape is that at no time explicit sexual scenes are seen. Something unusual in this type of mystery films.

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scenes from the movie

Based on: It is based on the book written by Peter Blatty in 1983, which was re-released in 2001. The book has the same name, tells the story of a girl to whom all these symptoms and wounds of Jesus Christ happen. It is also inspired by the story of the medieval "Mystic Monk of the Blood" which is a popular folklore. The monk's name is St. Francis of Assisi.

Criticism: The reviews are divided, as many say the film is a horror film, but others say it is a mystery with science fiction. Equally positive reviews for actress Patricia Arquette who did an extraordinary job. Despite all the negative reviews, because it has, the film is a success in the world of mystery films.

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scenes from the movie

Opinion: For me the film is a jewel of mystery cinema and if you want to put it as a horror film, of course it fits. The performances are great, the photography and the setting make the audience enter a surreal world of religion and rites and exorcisms, something we humans are not used to. The Vatican has many mysteries and in this film you can see the message that the Vatican has against the other messages that put on film the survival of the Catholic Church.

Conclusion: To conclude I think the film is worth seeing, for example I am not a fan of horror or mystery movies and I love this film, so I recommend it, I like the photography, the setting, the scenery, the effects, the soundtrack, the performances, it is really a work of cinematic art and today is considered a cult film.

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Stigmata

To finish I want to tell you that I recommend you to watch the movie, I hope you like the work and see you in a new post, a thousand blessings.

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(source: tmdb.org)

As the Millennium approached, many Hollywood studio were trying to exploit the zeitgeist and concerns among segments of Christian audience by launching horror films with strong religious themes. One of those was Stigmata, 1999 film directed by Rupert Wainwright.

The plot begins in Brazil where Father Andrew Keirnan (played by Gabriel Byrne), Jesuit priest and former scientist, comes in order to investigate alleged miracle – Maddona’s statue that sheds human blood. Before he has opportunity to send detailed report to his superiors in Vatican, he is sent to Pittsburgh where he would have to investigate seemingly simpler phenomenon of a woman that suffers from stigmata – inexplicably caused bodily wounds that corresponds with those suffered by Christ during crucifixion. When he meets the affected woman Father Kiernan realises that his investigation is going to be much more difficult. While most people affected by stigmata are deeply religious, Frankie Page (played by Patricia Arquette), a hairdresser, practises hedonistic lifestyle and happens to be self-declared atheist. Kiernan continues to investigates incidents that results with wounds and bleeding, while Frankie, although baffled and scared with what is going on, realises that she is attracted to good-looking priest. In the meantime, Vatican’s bureaucracy, led by ruthless Cardinal Daniel Houseman (played by Jonathan Pryce) is less and less pleased with Kiernan’s investigation and what he might find.

Script by Tom Lazarus and Rick Ramage looks somewhat refreshing compared with most religious-themed Hollywood horror films like The Omen or End of Days that offered disturbing “fire and brimstone” version of Christian eschatology. Stigmata instead paints much kinder and gentler picture more in line with New Age sentiments and by the end of the film audience would realise that this is less of a horror film and more of a religious drama. Many viewers, however, would feel cheated, because director Rupert Wainwright, best known for his award-winning work on music videos, employs rapid MTV-style editing that would make this film both confusing and predictable. The cast seems disinterested in the role, including Gabriel Byrne who, despite real life youth spent in Catholic seminary, obviously had more fun playing Satan in End of Days than priest in this film. The most disappointing aspect of the film, at least for those somewhat familiar with certain theological issues, is that Stigmata tries to explain the plot with major “revelation” in form of non-canonical Gospel of Thomas, a text that offers “alternative” or, in the authors’ minds, “correct” interpretation of Christianity. That text, originally discovered in 1945, is actually quite known and hardly groundbreaking or sensational as producers of Stigmata would like us to believe. Nevertheless, challenging the traditional forms of Christian faith and critical view of Catholic Church as oppressive institution was enough for Stigmata to be subject of condemnations and protests from traditionalist circles and even bans in some Catholic countries like El Salvador. Although Stigmata had some modest success at the box office, it was met with hostility by critics and Gabriel Byrne even got nominated for Razzie for Worst Actor. Some of the plot elements of the film – namely those relying on alternative views on early Christianity – would few years later inspire Dan Brown for his best-selling novel Da Vinci Code and his much more popular screen adaptation.

RATING: 3/10 (+)

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