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...read with some disappointment and chagrin the CRIMSON's deprecatory comments on the new motion picture "Lady of Fatima". Notwithstanding the fact that so many of the current movies make use of "gimmicks" and showy scenes, we nevertheless could not help feeling that the blast was too strong...
...review neither contained nor implied criticism of events at Fatima, or of any religious beliefs. Instead, it condemned the producers of this film for debasing a sensitive religious theme into an irreligious sideshow. Comparisons between the event and its movie facsimile were based on information from "The National Catholic Almanac...
While Miracle of Fatima is a special attempt to capitalize on Roman Catholic movie-goers, it also represents this current trend in religious pictures: It tries to "sell" a religious theme by sensationalizing it (as "Spectacular," "Staggering," "Breathtaking"), and disguises some tired melodrama with a fresh set of symbols...
...miracle here is the appearance of the Virgin Mary at Fatima, Portugal during 1917. She appeared before a group of small children on six successive months and delivered various messages about the coming war. On her final visit, the sun is supposed to have rotated and thrown out rays of colored lights. The unhappy position of one of the children, torn between belief in her vision and the incredulity of her parcuts, is past of this legend...
...mauling the religious theme of Fatima through the phoncy process of sentimentalizing and sensationalizing, the picture reduces it to an empty plot and a series of gimmicks. While not actually secrelegious, this is certainly irreverent when one of these gimmicks is the Virgin Mary...