The script is partly based on unused material for the Dutch TV seriesFloris, which was the début for Verhoeven, Soeteman and Hauer. The film, originally titled God's Own Butchers, was also known as The Rose and the Sword on early VHS releases. It was Verhoeven's first English language film.
Plot
In 1501, a city in Italy has been taken by a coup d'état while its rightful ruler, Arnolfini (Fernando Hilbeck), is away. Arnolfini promises some mercenaries 24 hours of looting if they succeed in retaking the city, and they do so. But in their revelry, Arnolfini decides that he wants them gone. Hawkwood (Jack Thompson), the commander of the troops, is caring for a young nun he mistakenly attacked during the siege. Arnolfini promises to get medical attention for her and Hawkwood leads Arnolfini's cavalry, betraying his former lieutenant, Martin (Rutger Hauer). The cavalry ejects the mercenaries from the city without their loot. Soon after, Martin's son is stillborn. Burying the infant unearths a wooden statue of Saint Martin of Tours – a saint with a sword. The mercenaries' cardinal views this as a sign from God to follow Martin as their new leader.
If you never plan to come out of your shell, you're never gonna get well. I understand your reasons not to. What you don't know is what you're afraid of. And I'm afraid of it too But can I even talk to you again? Oh part of me wants to call you up, and talk to you like a friend. And there's a part of me that wants to shut you out And never see your face again. How can we be like enemies when we're only flesh and blood? What does it take to make your heart bleed, Daddy aren't we enough? You can get through there's nothing stopping you from getting to us No one can take a way the fact that we're only...flesh and blood For years I've been following your case, It's the only time I see your face And we've learned to live without you. Who you don't know is who you're afraid of And we're afraid of you too But will we ever talk to you again? Oh part of me wants to call you up, just talk to you like a friend There's a part of me that wants to shut you out And never see your face again. I want to make you laugh, and I want a chance to know you better. I want to hear you sing beside me now. We're just like you. I want to make you laugh, I want a chance to know you better I want to hear you sing beside me now... flesh and blood I want to make you laugh (want to make you laugh), and I want a chance to know you better I want to hear you sing beside me now I'm a part of you, and I miss you.
Of course, the most obvious “new” is “to draw a contrast with the old.” Jesus’ teaching was considered by those who heard Him to be new compared to what they had heard from their religious leaders until He manifested in the flesh.
Well, perhaps this was all in my imagination ... ‘Look, there’s no two ways about it - he’s just way too fat.’. Yet while her words stung – much as they would if my own flesh and blood were being criticised - they had no impact on his diet ... .
She died in her sleep, while taking a nap with her 57-year-old fashion designer partner, Lloyd Klein, apparently from a blood clot caused by the condition phlebitis ...Far from it ... I was sold ... The flesh around my ears is still numb, over a decade later ... .
He braved the stormy weather to meet her ... She chided him saying, if only he was half as devoted to God as he was to her body of flesh and blood, he would be redeemed.
The sheer depravity of these crimes has led some—particularly on the Right—to protest that the whole life sentence she has received is not enough, that a pound of her flesh is required.
Aardman has never been shy of genre pastiche, and in his menacing return to our screens, McGraw climbs back on top like an imprisoned killer baying for the blood of his apprehenders ...Sully’s blood.
It’s strange how neatly this story (which is considerably fleshed out from Tolkien’s genealogies) fits into the template of anime fantasies ... to feast on the blood of the man’s wife (Lily-Rose Depp).
The Gold Saucer, the Queen’sBlood tournament, every epic boss fight, and comboing enemies to infinity like I’m playing a damn fighting game.. ... out with characters so fleshed out that they feel real.
And then, though there still may be the darkness of wars, conflicts and sins, no one can take away from us the joy that we feel because the Word has become flesh and still dwells among us.
So, for years, the alumni hockey bench at the annual alumni game over the holidays was a flesh mass of humanity 30-strong with former Titan and Wolfpack players vying for ice time against the current Crested ButteTitans high school hockey team.
An illustration from Meeting Trouble Half Way. THE Fascists were advancing ... He knew he had a righteous cause on his side ... George was from Manchester ... In doing so he has discovered the sacrifice his own flesh and blood made to fight the far right ... ....
Consequently, Christians do not seem to realize they are helping to bring to pass a blood sacrificing Temple that the New TestamentBook of Hebrews says was made obsolete by the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
It got a strongly positive response in festival screenings, which emphasized that it isn’t a blood-and-guts-and-jump-scares horror movie, just a melancholy, haunting story centered on, as the title has it, a disturbing unseen presence.
Crested Butte News
01 Jan 2025
Crested Butte News
01 Jan 2025