Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0826262000790 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: The Disinformation Company Manufacturer: The Disinformation Company Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: The Disinformation Company Release Date: November 02, 2004 Running Time: 152 minutes Sales Rank: 63816 Studio: The Disinformation Company Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Description: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER
The definitive documentary exploration of Dan Brown’s thrilling novel The Da Vinci Code, answers the questions everyone is asking!
What exactly was Leonardo da Vinci trying to tell us in his coded paintings? Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene? Who were the Knights Templar? What is the secret of the mysterious church at Rennes-le-Château? What is the Priory of Sion? What secret did the real life Saunière know that threatened the Church? What are the Gnostic Gospels? Did Roman emperors rewrite the New Testament to control the population?
This DVD Exclusive Production is essential viewing for all readers of The Da Vinci Code, clearing away fact from fiction and revealing the hidden history and shocking revelations that have made Dan Brown’s novel the most controversial and popular adult fiction of the 21st century. Featuring all the key authors and researchers on the many fascinating topics in The Da Vinci Code, including:
Dan Brown – The Da Vinci Code Dan Burstein – Secrets of the Code Henry Lincoln – Holy Blood, Holy Grail Martin Lunn – Da Vinci Code Decoded Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince – The Templar Revelation Dr. Karen Ralls – The Templars and the Grail Dr. James Robinson – The Nag Hammadi Library Margaret Starbird – The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
Also features original location photography from The Louvre, Temple Church, Westminster Abbey, Rosslyn Chapel and Rennes-le-Château – all shot especially for this production.
Amazon.com: Fans of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code should prepare to have their minds blown all over again watching The Da Vinci Code Decoded, a mesmerizing documentary featuring several authors whose research provided the basis for Brown's bestselling novel. Henry Lincoln (Holy Blood, Holy Grail), Dan Burstein (Secrets of the Code), and Margaret Starbird (The Woman with the Alabaster Jar) are among interviewees who can tease from Da Vinci's few paintings sometimes spooky references (e.g., the disembodied, knife-wielding hand in 'The Last Supper') to the artist's heretical convictions about Christ. Much evidence is presented to support the view that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, and that the latter's flight to France with Christ's child is the real basis of the Holy Grail legend. Exciting, persuasive stuff, shrouded in mystery and possible conspiracies. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - Exploring Further
Dan Brown's DA VINCI CODE is pure fiction yet being based upon the latest theories about the Leonard, Da Vinci Jesus's bloodline and Holy Grail studies.
If you want to explore deeper into such studies upon which Dan Brown's bastseller novel based, this DVD is a nice guide.
While this DVD may serve well for Davinci Code enthusiasts, it lacks or ignores the serious criticism cast upon from a number of researchers and theologists. So it is by no way well-balanced and may not fit for the material for serious debate.
Enjoy it as pure entertainment. It gives you more insights than King Solomon's Mines series or Indie Jones series.
Verdict: Typically has the TV documentary flaw...For pro- Da Vinci Code fans.
Rating: 80 out of 100
Recommended for: DA VINCI CODE enthusiasts.
Rating: - Disappointing. Nothing revealed, nothing decoded
This was a poor attempt at capitalizing on the success of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The book, which is wildly successful and has sparked controversy throughout the world, and the movie, which is milder but still controversial both attract a lot of attention. This DVD simply tries to take that attention and turn it in to profit for the producers.
There is nothing profoundly interesting about this DVD. There is no new information and the DVD fails to truly point at the myths and facts from the book/movie. It merely states what the book says and why the book says it or what the book is based on without any corroboration.
Truly disappointing to a conspiracy theorist at heart. I expected more.
Rating: - Interesting Information, Yet...
Update as of 4/3/07 (See below for update.)
I have watched this DVD several times after borrowing from my local library. I give it three stars because I think it's worthy of at least looking at one point of view regarding the Da Vinci Code phenomenon, yet right now I have a few issues with it.
First, I personally do not agree with Dan Brown's assertion that (and I'm paraphrasing here) since the beginning of recorded time, history has ALWAYS been written by the winners. I suppose it's because I'm very cautious about writing in "absolutes" as I've often found that new information will come along to disprove what was thought to be absolute.
As well, some of the transitions between interviews left me feeling annoyed at times because it appeared that the interviewee(s) may have had more to say. This makes me wonder if the editing was done to serve the purpose of the subject ... Read More
Rating: - A breath of fresh air
This dvd does not claim to contain a debate about the origins of Christianity; it discusses an alternate viewpoint (as Dan Brown reminds us "the winners write the history books")This dvd is a nice antidote to all the oppressive ideas we have been raised with; esp. the idea of God as male, and the idea of women being unworthy of church leadership. This dvd includes interviews with Dan Burstein, Henry Lincoln, Martin Lunn, Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, Dr. Karen Ralls, Dr. James Robinson, and Margaret Starbird. I particularly liked Margaret Starbird's interviews - she describes how when she first read "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", she found it blasphemous because she had been raised a loyal Catholic. But afterward, she had religious experiences regarding the content of that book which lead her to research Mary Magdalene and write "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar". She comes across as very rational, sensible and even heroic. ... Read More
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