Writer describes Christ movie as 'medieval'

The writer of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ has described The Passion Of The Christ as "medieval" and says that the old school brand of religion it preaches reminds him of Shiites.

Writer-director Paul Schrader said that while he admired Mel Gibson's movie as "terrific film-making", its message left him troubled. On the film as a whole, he says it depicts "a kind of primitive religion" that he doesn't want to return to.