Submitted by Cathy Ledesma, Dec 1, 2006 03:58

Dear Mr. Bowman,

My comment has nothing to do with The Nativity Story but on another movie that you have mentioned, The Passion of the Christ. You stated: "This is because it does what "The Passion of the Christ" so signally failed to do, which is to make us forget that we are watching a movie and to bring a completely foreign landscape and culture alive on the screen without ever making it seem too remote."

How ironic of you to say this given that most of the reactions of moviegoers who were moved to tears by this film said just the opposite--that the movie was so immediate as to make them forget they were watching a movie because it was so real. And I have to agree with them. But it was not only realistic and immediate, it had a timelessness that echoed across eternity.

Sincerely,

Cathy Ledesma

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