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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 2. 13th March 1974

Zeffirelli's Home Brew

Zeffirelli's Home Brew

Dear Sirs and Mesdames,

David Tripe in his review of "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" sees Zefferelli advocating the rerilence of the Catholic Church. Zefferelli is an advocate of simple rather than papal Christianity. You can't miss the hammered comparisons between the pure pastoral simplicity of the lovely Franciscian church and the rich decadence of the established church. Ask Barry McGuire to give you the word later this year, brother Dave.

Perhaps there was even a moment of doubt when Innocent meet Francesco. Maybe Innocent thought that there was a little more in Francesco's god-grooving way of copping out.

Inevitably the Franciscians got sucked into the mainstream church. Zefferelli did not film the inevitable sucking in and corruption of the movement. Serfdom and enforced real poverty continued with renewed spirituality. Wait oh pure joy! Yes that's it! Lets ail pray. Lets all groove on nature and reject material pursuits from an affluent exploitative position. Zefferelli made it look so gorgeous I'll just have to find the Lord in some pretty countryside. I hope the poor will support me.

Yours

Stephen Hall