He pointed to Matthew 27:25, in which the Jewish mob calls for Jesus' blood "to be on us and on our children." "That's in the Gospel," he said. "It's not in our film."
I remember Mel claiming that he felt very compelled by God to make this film...so who is he compeled by to tame the film?...a spirit of Fear?...the devilish work of the ADL? Then why did he even bother?....