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Vatican´s Rules For ´Good Cinema´
WSN Network

The Vatican in Rome has said that it is working on postulating rules for what it considers 'good cinema'. The rules would include a list of guidelines as to whether a film contains the 'proper' religious sentiments.

The Vatican had on June 16 turned down the request of Tom Hanks and Ron Howard to shoot in the Rome churches for 'Angels & Demons', the prequel to their earlier film, 'The Da Vinci Code'.

Producers of "Angels & Demons" were told that their follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code" doesn't qualify to shoot inside any of Rome's churches. On Wednesday, the film crew said it will move a bit further south and shoot the church scenes for the film inside the former royal palace in Caserta, outside Naples, a secular building.

Priest Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for the Diocese of Rome, said that the church was working on a set of guidelines that will determine whether a film contains the "proper" religious sentiment.

The Church staunchly opposed "The Da Vinci Code," the 2006 adaptation of the Dan Brown best-seller. "Angels & Demons," also based on one of Brown's novels, is entirely set in Rome. As with its predecessor, "Angels & Demons" stars Tom Hanks and is being directed by Ron Howard.

2 July, 2008
 

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